surviving an abusive childhood
By hurricanekw
@hurricanekw (97)
United States
February 28, 2007 8:17pm CST
I am an adult now but memories from my past come back to haunt me occasionally. At least the nightmares have stopped.
I was physically, emotionally, mentally, and sexually abused by my adopted father from the age of 4 until 16 (when I got married).
I now find myself speaking to others about the damage of such abuse. I now have 3 children and I am a totally different parent than mine were. Have any of you gone through such things and how do you parent differently than your parents did?
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@samtaylorskykierajen (7977)
• Canada
1 Mar 07
My life was not near as bad as yours but I hated my life as a child . I vowed to be different then my parents and I am a different parent then they were . I understand they tried the best they could but I came out of my childhood with constant nightmares and I don't have many memories of things that happened . I don't want any of my children to grow up having nightmares about there childhood and want them to have only happy memories of things in life and so I hope I am doing right by them .
@hurricanekw (97)
• United States
1 Mar 07
I try to believe my parents did the best they could though I know my adopted father knew that sexually abusing me wasn't right. Our home was a very angry and violent one. I still have physical and emotional scars.
Parenting is my number one priority. I will never allow my kids to live as I did and I can only pray they are healthier adults because of it.
