Child Abuse Story of Healing and Recovery From Name Undisclosed2
by Dylan's Big Sister
(Location Undisclosed)
Life of Tragedy and Triumph by Dylan's Big Sister:
For as long as I could remember until I was 6 my mom had beat me and my brother terribly and was always drunk and high on one drug or another, and she was almost always hung over from the night before. By the time we were 4 and 2 we had experienced physical, emotional abuse and severe neglect, and by the time I was 3 I knew how to change a diaper and find food that we wouldn't get sick off of.
When I was almost 5 my mom married a man that molested and raped us more times than I can remember, and beat us more and worse than my mom did. When I was 6 1/2 my mom decided she was going to take a pilot car driving job with her newest boyfriend, and she decided she didn't want to deal with me anymore so she dropped me off at her mom's house and said I'll be back in a few weeks for "the brat". After my grandma heard what my mom did to us she applied for emergency custody and became my guardian. My mom didn't come back with my brother for almost a year, and soon later took off again for a couple years. I was 10. It was the last time I saw her or my little brother. I'm almost 15 now.
I have been to more than my share of counselors, and so far the only thing that they have been able to find out is that I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Conversion Disorder. I'm currently in counseling...yet again. Every day I pray that my brother is okay and that Mom has stopped abusing him and dating men who do.
There's plenty that I can't do because of broken bones that never healed correctly, and I have a lot of other things that keep me from being able to be a "normal" teenager but it doesn't bother me, much.
I'm entering the 9th grade this year, am in the top 15% of my class and don't let my past be an excuse for what I can't do. Most of my teachers can't tell what I've been through until I tell them, and they are usually 100% shocked. Every year I get questioned by the school guidance counselor to make sure that I am not still in that situation and that I am ok to be in regular, let alone advanced, classes.
Every day I am thankful that I am no longer in that situation, but I'm also trying desperately to find my brother and make sure that he's fine and that my mom has gotten better.
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