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father daughter relationship ’
Apr 5th, 2010 |
By Bethany Ruck |
Category: All Posts, Bethany's Blog
by Bethany Ruck I’m now being forced to look at my childhood for what it was, not the pretty picture I imagined it to be. For years I convinced myself that I had a good childhood, despite all the abuse I endured. Then I remembered that the good times were really just a cover for [...]
Tags: abuser, Bethany Ruck, child abuse, child molester, coping mechanism, denial, dysfunctional family, facade, family secrets, father, father daughter relationship, healing brokenness, incest, masks, pain, parenting, reality, sexual abuse, survivor, truth, victim Posted in All Posts, Bethany's Blog |
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Oct 22nd, 2009 |
By Bethany Ruck |
Category: All Posts, Our Stories
My brother’s first memory was the adventure of crawling underneath the fence in our backyard to play with the neighbor’s dogs. I envy him. My first memory was of getting raped. I remember laying on the kitchen table with my open diaper covered in blood — an image that constantly repeats itself in my head. [...]
Tags: abuse, Bethany Ruck, betrayal, brother, camping, child abuse, child molester, control, diaper, divorce, dysfunctional family, emotional scars, facade, family secrets, family system, father daughter relationship, fear, healing journey, healing trauma, incest, inner struggle, manipulation, neglect, parenting, rape, recovery, secrets, self help, sexual abuse, silence, survivor, victim, violation, worry Posted in All Posts, Our Stories |
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Oct 22nd, 2009 |
By Christina Enevoldsen |
Category: All Posts, Our Stories
I feel like most of my life has been an effort to wake up from a nightmare. I had a desperate need to escape to the light of day, to free myself from the strange dreamworld of an alternate reality. I don’t remember thinking about sexual abuse until I was about fourteen or fifteen. I [...]
Tags: abuser, abusive marriage, betrayal, child abuse, Christina Enevoldsen, denial, dysfunctional family, emotional pain, emotional scars, empowerment, family system, father daughter relationship, fear, feeling alone, flashbacks, forgetting, healing brokenness, healing journey, healing trauma, incest, mental health, mother daughter relationship, nightmare, parents, personal growth, protitute, rape, recovery, repressed memories, self help, sexual abuse, shame, support, therapy, truth, verbal abuse, violation Posted in All Posts, Our Stories |
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