Incest Survivors Support Group
Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons that is illegal or socially taboo. Consensual adult incest is very rare. Incest between adults and prepubescent or adolescent children is a form of child sexual abuse that has been shown to be one of the most extreme forms of childhood trauma. If you or a loved one is a survivor of incest, join the group...
So today, September 1st, would mark 6 years since I told about the abuse I received from my father. I almost feel like is was yesterday. The fear I had going into school. The though of would they believe me? Would my dad make it seem like it was a lie? Wondering what I would be going home to. If not for my best friend I honestly wouldn't have been able to do it. She was there when I told. She supported me. Comforted me. And best of a she believed me. We had gone to her uncle, who was a counselor at our school. He believed me. He helped me. I went to my counselor, again I was believed. I spoke to about 4 people that one day and not single one let me down. I am lucky. I am even more lucky that my mom believed me and stuck by me rather than choose my father. She kicked him out that day. So today I shall try to find someway to celebrate.
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I feel so dirty and used I was drunk and passed out at a party when I came around some guy was on top of me rapeing me he covered my mouth and told me to shut up afterwards he got up and got dressed and said I better not tell anyone I found my friend and reported that I had been raped after having medical checks and them getting DNA I've taken the morning after pill IAM just so depressed and...
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Upon his departure, he remarked, "I am in many people’s pockets; no one will believe you." Have you ever grappled with the silence that follows sexual assault, where the perceived impossibility of being believed necessitates self-censorship?
Include in your celebration your willingness to risk through all the uncertainty.
xx
SuzA