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Child Abuse Story From Shayla

by Shayla
(Minnesota, USA)




Since I was a child, about 7 years old, I have been beaten by my mother. She used to take me down to the basement and beat me with a belt with 100 licks. Sometimes more than that. There were times when I had broken bones from her beating me. She would take to the hospital and before then she would tell me to lie to the doctors and tell them that I just fell down the stairs. Growing up, there was times when she would call me names like stupid and dumb and she would tell me that I was gonna grow up and be nothing. I know that at times I disrespect her but its hard because all the things that she had put me threw when I was a child its like I have no love for her. I know that I should respect her. But dealing with abuse since you was a child is not easy. Of course your not gonna have no repsect or love for that person the more they beat you. So anyways, As a teenager I was still getting beaten. There were times when my mom would bang my head against the walls. She would pound me in the head with her fist. There was a time when she had put a pillow over my face and she tried to kill me. It was really bad cause she was and still is a big woman and I am very skinny. She's like over 200 pounds and I'm 115 lb. There were times when she would choke me from behind. She would wrestle me and throw me on the ground and she would put her big body on top of mine where I couldn't breath. Because of that I was in depression. I felt neglected and I felt like I was not loved because I was beaten a lot and put down so many times.At 19 I was also getting beaten. There was a time I had got beaten so bad for like almost 2 hours. My mom was puching me in the face, arms, and stomach area. I would scream out crying I f***ing hate you and I wish you was dead.




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Child Abuse Story From Shayla

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Nov 19, 2011
Shayla:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

I understand the anger, the hostility, the rage, and the hatred. I agree with you...it's very difficult to respect and love a person who is beating you and putting you down all the time. I dealt with similar with my mother when I was growing up. What your mother imposed was not discipline; it was assault. She was, and continues to be, twisted with rage and taking it out on you. This isn't about you, it's about HER. The fact that she forced you to lie about your injuries says that she knew what she was doing was wrong, but didn't care enough to stop. That makes her very dangerous. If you are still in that house you're in danger, Shayla. Your mother will continue to brutalize you because she herself has no respect for you and your rights as a human being. She's proven that already just by the injuries she's already inflicted on you. She has a mindset that you are to be submissive and obedient at all costs. Get out of that house...get out now! The next time she lays a hand on you, report her to the authorities; otherwise, she'll do even more harm. If she were doing this to any other person she would be in jail for assault. If you need help getting out, go to a women's shelter. Reach out for any and all resources available to you. Just don't stay there. If you stay, the rage you're feeling is going to be released in a way that will likely land YOU in prison. Take back control of your life by removing yourself from the situation. It's the most loving thing you can do for yourself. Thank you for sharing your story with my visitors and me.

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Darlene Barriere
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From Victim to Victory, a memoir

Nov 19, 2011
Assualted Child
by: Marlene

Shayla,
I hope you are out of her house and thank goodness you survived. Just the emotional abuse and choking alone was enough to put that horrific poor excuse for a human being in jail for a long time. What she did to you is assault and should have been jailed for it. Get far away from her and try not to look back. Never talk to her again. It she tries to contact you, put a restraining order out on her.

She obviously was frustrated with her own life and took it out on you, her child. She needed help way before she had children and too bad no one got her the help she needed. Too bad no one knew of her assualt on you and took you away from her. Children are a gift to treasure not to abuse.
You are a survivor please stay strong.

Nov 20, 2011
The sooner, the better...Darlene and Marlene are right!
by: Anonymous

Shayla, where was your dad? I can't believe that he would abandon you to the so-called care of that sick, sadistic monster of a mother and allow her to beat and berate you 24/7...how dare he! That's not even discipline; that's just torture. She is a truly sadistic brute. The path that she chose is inexcusable. Oh, and she is wrong. You are not stupid; you are not dumb; you are smart and articulate. You are not "nothing"; you are not worthless; you are worthy of love, protection, dignity and respect, so never believe any of those nasty lies that she was spewing. Mature, stable adults don't beat the tar out of their own precious children nor call them names. I'm sure that she must've been stuck in her own childhood, so she's really acting like a little two-year-old trapped in a grown woman's body. Oh, and mothers who abuse their own daughters are one of the real abusers. She needs to go to jail for all those terrible crimes that she committed against you because you did nothing wrong. You are not to blame for her sadistic, psychopathic, behavior; she is to blame because she chose to abuse you. You were the child; she was the adult; she had all the power and only misused it over you. Marlene and Darlene are totally right; I really hope that you're in a safe place now, far away from that psychopath...and if not, please tell someone you really trust and keep telling until he/she will finally listen to you and help you.

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