Hi Shawna. I’m glad you came here. I was molested by my father but it was all by hand. Beyond that I could not begin to relate to what you went through. I buried my incidents way back in the nether reaches of my mind. For decades.
You were violated in so many ways beside the sex abuse and rape. You were forced to “be” a girl. Your dresses and other clothes were taken from you. Your long beautiful hair was cut off and replaced with the opposite – the shortest cut possible. So many things.
You have put decades between all that and now, but I can’t imagine that the pain is not still there. Less maybe – even much less – but not gone. You learn to cope, put it in it’s place. That’s what we try to do. I wish I could take all those bad memories away for you.
Anyway, if you haven’t done so already it might be worth seeing a counselor. My love is with you.
Abby
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