How was your abuse covered up or denied?

[Cumahe]

This raises several questions:
Do abusers know they are abusing?

Well @Jefis how many times does a person have to say NO?

If they don't 'know any better' than to not hurt others, then I guess they need to be locked up don't they? If they have a mental illness and are a danger to others and victimizing others then lock them up! It's quite simple.

Abuse is about power and control, one person who doesn't give a crap about someone else's rights and boundaries. If someone violates someone else- lock them up!! Why should society have to live in danger and hold their breathe in dread of someone else being victimized?!

 

[Asimi]

My worse abuse was covered up in the worse way, dumped on the street with no resources, no possession other than clothes I had on, in the middle of one of the worse winters in DC area, in a mental state that I was unable to function, leaving me to turn to alcohol to cope, and prostitution to survive. It was about 7 years later when my abusers were shut down after the murder of tammy agee who was a client in their care. What is even worse about this is I was a DSS ward, and DSS knew about the abuse there but choose to ignore it. I am lucky I am alive the damage done was so great, my T say's it's the worse she has seen, and I may never fully recover from it, only improve. I am tired of always feeling guarded with the world around me.

 

[Jefis]

That ache inside of you will become more tolerable. You will heal.