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Hidden Abuse - My Story, Part 1

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 I previously wrote about the family sexual abuse I experienced as a minor.  Also At least with the first one I didn’t know it was abuse. I thought it was normal and accepted. Well the sexual abuse endured a little later, still as a minor I knew wasn’t normal. The abuse experienced as an adult is a different story. I knew it wasn’t right, well sometimes knew. Sometimes it was disguised as jokes. Even when I knew the sexual or verbal actions made me feel like shit I didn’t know what to do because when I didn’t tolerate it the abuse kept going on and on and on. I would try to get to a safe place  in our apartment and he would break down the door if it was locked. If I went outside he would lock me out, unless I took his dog with me. If I tried to go somewhere and he saw I had my keys he would follow me out of the apt.  Here’s a picture of Jasmine looking like she’s floating, to break up the heaviness. The yelling - hours or even days of it - often times didn’t end un...

TW ~ My Sexual Abuse Story Part 2

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Hi, I want to start out by saying that this may be a trigger for some people.  I'm going to continue to continue to talk about my sexual abuse story. I talked about what I experienced when I was about 10 years old because of my biological half-brother and now I'm going to talk about what I experienced from one of my so-called boyfriends when I was 14. So, um, for a long time I didn't even know if it was concerned rape because I eventually caved and said yes. So here's the story.

*Trigger Warning* My Sexual Abuse Story

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If you prefer not to watch the above video, there are 2 other options for you. You can listen to My Abuse Story audio file or you can continue reading. Hi, I'm starting out this video by saying that it may be a trigger for some of you as I will be discussing my personal experiences with sexual abuse.