I was raised by a bipolar mother and a violent father. My youth was filled with abuse—verbal, physical, mental, emotional and sexual. I usually felt left out by my peers and was the subject of constant bullying at school.
Needless to say my self-esteem was in the toilet early. I desperately wanted to have a happy family life and unfortunately married the first pretty face that showed me any interest. Her father—alcoholic, her mother—control freak just as bad as my mother, she—suffered childhood sexual abuse.
Six months after getting married I had my first flashback of my repressed memories of sexual abuse. Started on a cycle of […]