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Hi there! having suffered abuse at the hands of my mother since the age of 11, am I the only one who did not face it/acknowledge it/ block it until i was in my 40s? Looking back I pushed it away because she broke me so much that I shattered into a million pieces so I was simply not able to deal with the certain rejection by her (and my sister) if I confronted her ...

i remembered i enjoyed myself very much till 12 years old. after that i start to feel depression and isolate myself away from my peer. i think it was because i was sexually abused by my old uncle. he touch my private part and i tried to run away. being young at that time, i don't know what to do. i total my mum about it and she said this is the common behavior of ...

i'm fifteen and my parents have been separated since before i was born. i see my dad, his wife and my half-brothers every other weekend and he hurts me. sometimes he burns me with cigaretes and usually its just hitting but this weekend he slashed my arm open with a steak knife. his wife doesnt know and neither do my brothers and if i tel anyone he'll get taken away from them. hes a good ...

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Am in my 40s and have had an extremely traumatic life due to long term emotional abuse as a child. I cannot understand why it look me well into my 40s, and the death of my own child, to confront and face my family and how they had treated me. I am an intelligent and insightful person and am so angry with myself that i did not fight back sooner. In ...

is it normal for someone who was abused as a child, to crave more abuse years later? like when something goes wrong, you want someone to hurt you badly? whenever i get down, or feel like i messed up, i get a really huge craving for that...just wondering if that's at all normal..

You guys can call me H. I recently, around two months ago, ran away from my parents. I am legally eighteen but they have abused me and not really for anything important either. I was beaten until I was almost unconscious ( with a broom till it broke and choked and coat hangers and shoes) for not knowing where I put my coat. I am from Somalia so it is very acceptable to beat your ...

Iv'e been dating this guy for almost two years now. He is divorced and has a daughter. He has been a wonderful sensitive and kind boyfriend to me.

She is a wonderful 11 year old girl that I like a lot. The problem is that it feels kinda wierd. I think there is some role confusion going on. I don't have kids so I don't understand this stuff.

When I met him he had a ...

My pastor is looking for information on how to diagnose sibling incest on the web. I tried to look some up but haven't had much success.

is it ever too late to report it even though you live in another country?

hi everyone. i'm really struggling at the moment and wouldn't mind your opinion on the following if that's ok. it might be a little long and incoherent because it's late where i am!! sorry.

errrm...i know my childhood was very complex. i would really like to know if you would consider it abusive. i know it certainly wasn't normal!!t he problem is that i don't remember a lot of it for some reason which makes ...