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The effects of child abuse on you
The effects of child abuse on you
By jfarrell
I speak of me and my experiences and abuse;
I have no right, or claim, to speak on behalf of others;
Hopefully, this echoes what they may say
And explains why you must listen and stop child abuse.
The effect on me;
I cut myself off from my family, my sister;
I didn’t want to pass the abuse on, and I had started;
No friends, alone all my life.
Depression and several suicide attempts.
The effect on you, society, tax payers;
My being in care cost upwards of about £500 a week, back then
Double that, my sister’s in care with me;
The years spent in therapy,
In mental hospitals, in A&E after suicide attempts.
And that’s not mentioning the 20 years spent on the sick;
Too ill to work.
And that’s just me.
Thousands, tens of thousands of pounds of your money;
Spent on helping me overcome my pain and become a ‘survivor’;
Trust me, in my shoes, this ain’t surviving…
And I’m a ‘safe’ victim;
I can only internalise what I feel and hurt myself;
I can’t hit others, get high on crack and turn to crime;
Get drunk and beat my wife and kids like dad did;
I’ve never taken the risk of having a wife and family.
Having no-one, I can hurt no-one.
What we go through does affect you. Now and in the future.
