“When I was a teen, I was not shown that I was wanted nor cherished.
I watched my siblings get everything they needed: held and comforted when they cried; love and nourishment; friends, toys and clothes; the free-flow of emotional expression – and they had me as an extra guardian and protector.
I got picked on and jumped at school; attacked nd predated upon by men of different ages; yelled at and beaten, terrorized; told I was a slut for putting on makeup, groped and molested by a trusted adult no matter how I tried to evade him – and then ripped away from everything I worked hard for, despite all of these negative influences.”
