I Overcame

Hi.

I’m Katie, and I want to tell my story.

I was born into a pretty good family, with a dad and mom that loved each other and all that good stuff. When I was 5 though, they got a divorce, but the reason was good as a reason could be for divorce. My mom remarried to a man who sexually abused both of us until the day he decided to try to kill us. That was the day he went to jail. That was also the day where I started on this long journey of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (I have been diagnosed by a professional). I have flashbacks to the incident, I have nightmares where he comes back. They will always be there, there is absolutely nothing I can do, I can’t erase a memory, let alone a bunch of them. I have wanted to cut, or to commit suicide, but I couldn’t bring myself to it. That man didn’t take me out, I wasn’t about to either. I decided instead to push forward, to better myself. I decided to try and climb out of hell, and climb out of hell is exactly what I did. I am now that happy girl I always envied, I have my times where I lose my footing, but I have friends and family that help me through and are there. My mom, dad, and  current step dad are the three biggest impacts on my life, they gave me that extra boost to be who I am right now. I cannot change anything that has happened, but I can keep going and not let something that happened when I was young be the determining factor in my life. <3