Abuse

[Nebulous]

Have you ever been the victim of any sort of abuse in your life?

How did you handle it (or how are you handling it)?

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Have you ever known someone who was the victim of any sort of abuse in their life?

How did they handle it? Did you help them get through it?

 

[Raven]

I don't like talking about it, but I have been the victim of abuses...



I went through stages of attempting suicide, but now I want to live my life to the full... Live for the moment. I wasted so much of my life, thinking of what I couldnt stop from happening to me.



I've had alot of support from my friends.

I try not to think of my past anymore.

 

[Jester]

Have you ever been the victim of any sort of abuse in your life? 7th grade, dude was bullying me, and thn through 8th(i'm a little weird)

How did you handle it (or how are you handling it)? Beat 'im up

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Have you ever known someone who was the victim of any sort of abuse in their life?Yup, i hang out with the all the time

How did they handle it? Did you help them get through it?They cowered in the corner while i beat the bullies up.

 

[Nebulous]

I grew up with an alcoholic father who used to beat us all the time. I was one of those kids who would say things like I fell or I walked into door knob or whatever else.

My mom finally left him but then she spiraled into prescription drug addition and pretty much slept 18 hours a day. When she was awake, she wanted to be left alone. Our only meals were fast food she would buy with her credit card (grandpa payed the bills). So after physical abuse, I had to deal with neglect and malnutrition. However the physical abuse was still there because when we were getting too out of control, mom would call grandpa down to come beat the crap out of us.

My mom cleaned her act up and turned back into her old self once my daughter was born. It gave her a reason to be happy and motivation to not be so depressed. However she got cancer and passed away. Mom did get the opportunity to spend the 1st 5 years of my daughters life with her granddaughter, she definitely made a positive impact.

Dad still drinks a lot and I only see him a couple times a year.



However Im not some sob story.. My upbringing taught me to be self sufficient and gave me motivation to provide a better childhood to my child than I had.

 

[StevenF50]

Thats a sad story Nebulous, do you ever wish you could turn the clokcs back and do something about it?

 

[Nebulous]

No.. No sense on dwelling on the past.