News of Child Abuse Forum

It took me ages to click on the 'abuse' part of this forum.
I may as well just say it:

I was sexually abused as a child. I have been told numerous times by different Drs and psychiatrists that it is the reason for my Borderline diagnosis. They say I have full mental capacity, and Borderline isn't organic, as some personality/MH problems are, but I still suffer with it.

I have recently been to court ...

I have some questions I want to ask concerning child abuse. I was recently put into a psychiatric hospital for being suicidal. My life seemed fine until high-school, which is when it took a massive down-turn. After high-school I thought I had every psychiatric disorder possible, I was convinced that I was crazy, i based it off the anxiety & depression that I had. I am very reliant on my parents for everything, they have ...

I posted for the first time yesterday but probably in the wrong(sexual abuse" section instead of this section about how I was sexually abused by my female babysitte/neighbour for three years.
I have not sought therapy or would even consider talking to a professional but have confided in a couple of my long term partners.
I found talking to them an enormous help but am currently single and that is therefore no longer an option ...

Both of my parents were professionals. My mother was a bio-medical scientist and my father was an engineer. My mother used beat me when I was little (2-5), then as I got older her attacks were verbal and emotional. She would often tell me to clean my room, then trash it and coax my father into beating me with a belt, wooden drumstick or whatever item he could find. He used to beat me until ...

When I was 11 years old, my father came home drunk, pulled me out of my bed, cornered me, and beat me with his belt until my mom finally stepped in to stop him. She took me to her friend's place nearby. I'm not sure how long it was before she pulled him off me, but it felt like a lifetime. A neighbor had heard me screaming and had called the cops. Events are foggy ...

As a child, I remember my father being very kind to me. However, he had a terrible, terrible, temper, that would launch him into a verbal frenzy where he would say terrible, terrible things. One time, for example, he got so angry at me because I was intrigued with a different religion that he had said terrible things like "If you even continue studying it, then you are a fool." at age 13. During the ...

Hi, I have been in a happy, loving relationship with J for 3 years. The only issue I have had with him was his drinking. However, one month ago, I found an app in his phone that is used by gay men to find buddies. I questioned him, turns out when he gets really drunk on accessions, he gets curious about the same sex and that night he actually cheated on me by getting a ...

When I was 6 my mum left me with her boyfriend whilst she went to work. This went on for about 7 months and unfortunately I was physically abused by him for this period of time. I am now 26 and suffer with depression, personality disorder, hearing voices, hallucinations and anxiety. My mum refuses still to believe that there is a link between the two. How ever my partner believes that there is a link. ...

I've been seeing a therapist on and off since age 14 and am now 25. A lot of my problems seem to stem from my parents and their dynamic, but mostly from my father. What prompts me to, at this hour, write on this forum is a recent exchange between my father and I that brought back a lot of memories and made me much more aware of what made me the way I am. ...

Hello everyone,

I am gonna say my name is SunshineI was mentally abused by my step dad. Not at first did not start till I was bout 11. when he start blaming my for haveing Learning disabily and health issuse and he do it when my mom was at work. He was a good guy. But dont mean I talk to him now. I have not talked to him in over 5 years. I am ...