Torey Hayden’s school child Sheila was sexually abused. An uncle tried and couldn’t have sex with 6 year old Sheila so he cut her with a knife. She lost so much blood she was hospitalized and had to have surgery, the uncle was arrested.
Torey Hayden amazes me with her understanding of people. She recognized that the uncle was a victim too. She also noted that Sheila burnt a child the year before, and now Sheila was a victim herself.
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While Sheila was in class the children forced Torey to talk about the sexual abuse, and then another child mentioned that it had happened to her, and then other children talked about being crazy, abused, and their fears. There were lots of tears, but it was all healing for them.
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These children were considered the worst children by the authorities and the general public, not fit for a public school, but it is clearly obvious that the children’s mental illness and mental issues came from the way that adults had treated them, and how in their innocent minds they had desperately tried to cope with what a child should never have to deal with, and their mental illness and unable to cope with life was a direct result of trying to react with the madness that adults had forced into their lives.
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Family abuse is a betrayal of faith, confidence, and love, it cuts very deep, and as years go by family often try to cover up the skeletons in their closet. But the horror and unmistakable damage that the adults have done to innocent souls is devastating and life changing for the worst for the innocent victims.
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The world saw these children as crazies, they were called names by “normal” children, but the reality is that these children are amazing and the bravest of all. What secrets, pain, shame, sadness, loss of trust, that they have had to hide caused them to miss out on a normal upbringing.
Child abuse causes a lack of confidence and courage in children,, and if it isn’t dealt with those children become adults lacking in confidence and courage, struggling with addictions, living with anxiety and having coping issues.
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All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
Saturday, 26 March 2016, 4:52:46 PM.