ScaredBabyDoll
New Here
Hi guys, I am a seventeen year old college student who struggles with PTSD. I was fondled by my biological father at eleven, as were two of my friends, and although that is all I remember, my therapists fear more may have happened when I was younger. Everything came out when I was almost 13 and two of my camp-mates read my diary, as a joke, and convinced me to tell for my safety. I feared for my father, whom I had adored, just to be thrown under the bus. Rather than confessing, he made up lies, such as "they made it up" and "she had a mental breakdown", and turned his side of the family, whom I was raised by and bonded with, against me. My mother stood by my side and divorced him and took my little brother and I out of state and to safety as soon as she legally could. As a result of one girl, who, unbeknownst to me, had already pressed charges and dropped them when she moved and her mother no longer feared for her daughters safety, and the other never being taken to account since she was in another county, my father walked free and went on to marry another woman with a daughter the same age as I was when my abuse happened. After this, I fell into a spiral of depression, self harm, suicidal intentions, anorexia, and hopelessness to the point my mother feared for my life. I became reckless with my decisions and was taken advantage of over the internet by many. Thanks to therapy and my supportive and loving mother, brother, and little angel, my cousin whom I raised, I have gone to rise above all of this; graduating at 16 at the top of my class, beginning college at 17, meeting and falling for a wonderful man and grabbing hold of my life. Despite how much I have overcome, life is still a daily struggle and I hope this forum will help. Nice to meet you all!
