I'm so sorry you went through that. It's such a difficult thing when it seems that you're the only one...
And I too am so sad that you as well had to endure sexual abuse and torture at the hands of your cousin and no one believed you either. father too acted "shy" and "innocent" in front of others until his drinking got out of hand and he hit a KY State Trooper square in the face. Step-monster (mutha) also saw the monster too (inside of father). Yes, vile, cruel master manipulators,
@Rosie11. No one to this day would ever believe all the horrible things father did to me, our pets, piano, our home, on and on one sick again master manipulator.
I see father as a sociopath now, there I said it. The term sociopath just came to me and suits father well - dictionary definition of what a sociopath is. father (Dr. Jekyll) was so efficiently edept at hiding in plain view while Mr. Hyde (father) was masterfully and cunningly only showing his evil self side to me (and only a few others that knew him and many that did not know him i.e. waitresses, etc.) that I know of. For only sociopaths can hide oh so well and remain undetected a long time, some for even their entire lifetimes and act normal and blend in with society and father was never caught and punished for what all the evil acts he perpetrated upon me; he was an arsonist, a sexual and physical abuser, torturer- cruelty (trying to run over me with his vehicle, etc. ad nauseum), on and on. I am in EMDR therapy having now to some degree exorcised father's traumatic events down to only memories now. And next is mother, and the remaining cast of torturous and disgusting cast of characters "caregivers" that I still have left to process in EMDR therapy.
Rosie11 today I am grateful that you and others posted today about your chameleon cousin and their sick twisted perps. We are brave to talk outwardly and openly about it. I am not alone today for we here continue to share our stories of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde my father, your cousin, etc. and their sick, demented, and twisted behaviors. And they cannot directly harm us anymore, only if we allow them to can make us crazy. And we all have each other here and I am not letting the perps who hurt me gain any more ground in making me crazy, and I'm pushing the trauma into only emotionless numbed and processed memories through EMDR therapy. And we know the truth and we admit the truth, tell it, and the sickness from perps slowly loses it's grip on us. Me, finally telling the truth about father and all of sexual deviants who hurt me is going to set me free from these sick pups (I would use another word but that would only diminish me to their twisted level). JJ
