Show your support for NO MORE domestic violence and sexual assault
At the age of 5 I was sexually assaulted by my dad's brother. He not only sexually assaulted me, but my cousin when she was 5 years old. I grew up to hating my parents because they've always told me never to stay alone with him, but I never understood why. That one day, they decided to leave me alone with him. I had so much hatred and hurt in my heart that I tried finding other ways to heal what was taken away from me. Nothing worked, until I entered college in 2011. I needed to tell someone what had happened to me, I couldn’t keep hurting myself. I met with a counselor and starting that day my life changed until I met my boyfriend at that time. It was such a toxic relationship; I was physically and emotionally abused for two years. I even had lost my baby in the first year. He had put me in such a bad state of mind. I had put a stop to it when his cousin raped me. It’s sad that I had to wait for something like that had to happen to me. I could have stopped that relationship a long time ago and could have prevented his cousin raping me. I looked for help with my counselor and her coworkers. If it wasn’t for them I probably wouldn’t be here right now. I do believe in that saying, “Everything happens for a reason”. It has a lot of truth to it, and if I didn’t go through everything I’ve been through, I wouldn’t be as strong as I am today. I’ve worked so hard to get where I am today, I wanted to let go, but I didn’t. And that is for a reason. God put me in this world for a reason and I went through all of these tragedies for a reason. I still have not told my parents of what had happen to me, my friend and my sister do know. I will eventually tell them, it will take me time, but I will. It took me years to say no more, but today I can proudly say NO MORE to feeling ashamed and depressed to what had happened to me. I am not ashamed to talk to people about my past. I am a strong and independent woman. Carolina
