I Have A Big Problem That I Need Help With!!!!
By summerfire
@summerfire (427)
United States
April 29, 2008 9:35am CST
I don't know if this is the right section to put this in but I thought maybe someone would see it and maybe be able to help me because the situation is killing me and making me hurt more than you can imagine. When I was just barely five years old..I lost my mom to cancer. I was the baby of the family. My father was unable to care for me so I was sent to live with an older sister who had not been married long and was only 18 and married to a horrible abusive man...Right from the git go I was shown I wasn't wanted and that I was not someone they would want in their home. My sisters husband did things like, at five years old took me to this trailer where a man lived and told me I was bad and that I was going to go live with him and he told me the man had maggots...of course being five years old I had no idea what maggots were and when he explained I cried for my mother. I lived in torture there. When I was ten I was forced to go live with my brother and his wife. The wife couldn't stand the fact that she was burdened with me.....but at that point I had learned not to cry and give anyone satisfaction of seeing me hurt...I was never given anything there and for the most part all my birthdays were forgotten by family members...I didn't live with my brother long as I was a burden and I was also a ward of the court. I was sent to live with a half sister and her husband that I had never met. I lived with them from age 11 til 13. I was sexually abused everyday by her husband and forced to lose all innocence and feeling. I was beaten one day with a hot iron because I ironed something wrong. I was told repeatedly by my half sister that I was not meant for this earth...I forgot how to cry after awhile and tried to make myself invisible. I finally was moved from there after three years of not one social worker coming to see if I was dead by going to the guidence counselor at work and telling them that if I had to I would sleep on his floor til they found me a new home....the counselor called home to see what the problem was and when I got home I was beaten to the point I could hardly move....but I got moved eventually....back to the original sister who didn't want me.I married at 17 just to get away...and my sister happily signed the papers to get me out of her hair...my father was an alcoholic who died of liver cancer when I was 21. I really didn't get a chance to know him as when he was around he was in a fog. I wondered many times why I was put on this earth and why I was chosen to be tortured and why didn't anyone love me. But I got beyond it, I went through 3 marriages, therapy...which didn't help and I became a preschool teacher for 13 years in hopes of giving something to the children who had no voice. I became a parent of a son and basically raised him in perfect childhood...giving him the life I would have chosen if I got a chance when I was young. He is now 21 and very adjusted. Last Christmas I tried to get my brother and sisters together to meet for lunch....and my sister said...I have a family and you are not included in it because I choose you not to be because all I need is my immediate family....April 18th my birthday came and went and no one in my family called to even wish me a happy day...I am now 49 years old and all that seems to run over in my mind is the things that I was tortured with as a child.....the things said to me....the way no one wanted me...and the thoughts of the pools of tears I shed before I boxed in and made myself numb......I shake my head all the time thinking why would a child have to go through a life like that.......and what was so wrong with me....I feel like no one has ever wanted me on this earth and that I was a mistake........please advise me on how I can move on with my life and not think of these things.....it is tearing me up inside
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2 responses
@SassyKittyKat (2135)
• Australia
29 Apr 08
I think that it's disgusting what your family did to you at such a young age. I can't even imagine how devoid of feeling someone must be to do that to someone who not only is so young, but who just lost their mother and is also their flesh and blood. Trust me, it was not you but them. They have serious mental problems and the creator has seen what they have done and he will take care of it in the end because what they did is not only inhumane but it's also a sin. They showed no love for their flesh and blood but for their neighbor, so to speak. It's distgusting and if I had your sister and the rest of them, I would ring their sorry little necks for what they did to you.
I do think you need closure however. If I were you, I would tell them off like their was no tomorrow. It may not be the christian thing to do but it would make me feel better lol.
Or you can just write them off as the seriously deranged (which they are, trust me) and love the family you have now and bask in them. Just be happy with the fact that these trials made you a better person and humane person. It allowed you to raise your son in love and give him the love and the life that you, sadly, we never allowed to live. It made you a loving individual who has respect for people, life and just others in general. All I can tell you is live in the now...
However, I really think you should speak to someone professionally regarding how your experiences growing up has affected you emotionally. Also, reading the bible always helps me understand why cruelty is and how the creator will put an end to it in a little bit. If you want talk about that further, pm me and I will be more than happy to.
My prayers are with you!

@SassyKittyKat (2135)
• Australia
29 Apr 08
I know but sometimes crying makes us feel better afterwards but if I were you I wouldn't shed anymore tears over them because just remember, you're stronger for it now and it has made you a better person.
Also, they will get what's coming to them in the end because it's inhumane to treat a little girl the way they treated you and the creator of things has seen everything and will judge them accordingly, while you he will reward for your strength and goodness.
If you ever need to talk, please, feel free to PM me anytime. You have found a friend in me 

@summerfire (427)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Thank you hun........if I could only make the tears go away finally I might see a relief...it just hurts so very very much
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@sophiasmom911 (1345)
• United States
29 Apr 08
First off what a horrific story I'm glad that you went to school, and raised a wonderful son. Most people that have lived a life like that use there past as an excuse constantly. I know you said that you have tried therapy ,but did you try one that specializes in exactly what you have gone through? Because sometimes it takes several diffrent therapist before the right one fits..
@summerfire (427)
• United States
29 Apr 08
When I went to therapy I was okay with just the word on word with the therapist but one day she told me lets take a little walk and we went to this room down the hall.....when she opened the door it was full of childrens toys. She wanted to regress me back to my childhood and I asked her if she wanted to kill me..I would not even enter the room because I thought if I have to relive that again I didn't know if I could ever get myself back with my sanity so I never went back
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@SassyKittyKat (2135)
• Australia
29 Apr 08
I think perhaps she was trying to give you a feel for happiness as a child and make you face your demons. Sometimes it's hard but in order to move on we need to do just that but I can understand how hard it must be to do that...


