Childhood memories

United States
October 9, 2008 12:37am CST
I have a sad childhood memory to tell you all about.My father was a cruel sadistic man he did many things to hurt and humiliate me over the years.I am remembering one tonight that isn't as bad as some of the things he did but was terrifying to me as a little girl.He would take me to this dirt road in our town late at night,this road only had two houses at the time but it had a very haunting looking cometary on it.The cometary was very old and only had woods around it set back off the road.At night when the moon would light it up a bit it was a very scary place.My father would take me there I was four maybe 5 years old and he would take me there often sometimes he would make me lay on a grave sometimes only stand there.He would hide and throw stones at the grave stones though at the time I can assure you I didn't know it was him throwing rocks at the stones.I would be so petrified I couldn't move.At times he would tell me it was the dead coming to get me for being on their grave at other times he would tell me it was the devil himself coming to get me.I would pee my pants because I was so afraid he would think this was very funny and would laugh at me,sometimes he would have my older brother or sister there to laugh at me as well. Just needed to share this story that is on my mind tonight.I know my father was a sick man but I still to this day can not imagine why he took such pleasure in making me this scared.To this day I fear the devil.We were supposed to be Jehovah witnesses yet at times I was made to do things that were more like devil worship.Go figure,do you have any traumatic childhood experiences to share,I would like to hear rather then feel I am alone in what my father did to me.He wasn't allowed to treat my older brother and sisters like this,only me.My mother says she didn't want me,never planned on having another child with that man,he raped her so she says and along came me,and he wouldn't allow her to abort me.So she says that is why she gave me to him to do what he wanted as long as he left the older kids alone. Jas
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
12 Oct 08
What a terrible childhood you had to survive. And what a cruel Father you had. And he was one of Jehovah's Witnesses at that. Are they all like that or was he a rotten apple? Are you able to live some kind of normal life? Or have you been permanently damaged? What is your life like now? Do you still have any dealings with your father and mother? I hope you can find some kind of peace in your life.
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• United States
10 Oct 08
I'm so sorry you had to go through with this. While I was reading, I was thinking, how can somebody be so cruel and inhumane? How did he ever come up with this. Him getting pleasure out of your fright is sickening. He should have been put in a mental institution, I know he is your father and all, but that is just pure sickness. I hope you're doing better now
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• United States
11 Oct 08
Yes my father was a cruel man.I am happy to say in Highschool my principal took notice of how sad I was and spent a great deal of her time trying to help me.I have remained friends with her through out the years.If it weren't for her help I don't know what would have happened to me.I do have my issues today but they are nothing like what I was doing to myself back then.I am happy to say I have raised my daughter the opposite of how I was raised I figured i was safe that way.She has turned out to be a pretty good kid.She just got her license and is out tonight in my car.She is only a few miles away at her friends house but I am nervous just the same.Her curfew id 11 pm so I have two more hours to wait and worry. Jas
• United States
11 Oct 08
I don't have kids yet, But I'd be the same why. I'm going to worry constantly about them x[. It's good to here your daughter doesn't have to go through what you had to.
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@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
9 Oct 08
Hi there Jasmine! That's really mean! I am so sorry that you had to go through something like that. They don't deserve to be parents! Thankfully, I didn't had any traumatic experiences like that when I was a child. I hope that no more child will have to experience those kind of things.