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Hi.

I wanted to ask about this. Maybe this is a stupid question. I was reading through my records from elementary school and nearly every single year...it was the same comments "unforcused, fidgety,bad eye contact, day dreaming a lot, unattentive, strangely shy"
these are alll comments from report cards from grade 2-8 its almost as if the same person wrote them.


I also found various letters from family services claiming suspicion of abuse ..and we got these letters 3 different times...in 3 different years.

Why?!! Is it that when I went to the guidance counselor at school..she didnt pick up on ANYTHING.

Why wasnt anything done..I had to endure more years of abuse. I even had bruises and no one picked up on those either. I just ..get so ... mad Frowner That no one bothered to look further or ask any questions to me when I was little.


Why does this happen? Why didnt my therapist pick up on this! Not just her...but I wentto many many many therapists as a kid...and they just =kept giving me ritalin and depresssion pills!~!!
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Hi
I am really sorry that you had to go through this in silence, I can relate to getting mad as no-one bothered to ask any questions about me too. Sometimes teachers, therapists don't ask for many reasons (to scared too, don't know how to work with abuse survivors, and many more unfathomable reasons). I hope that you will continue to post and or read here for support. Please know that people are here for you
(((thinking of you)))
DGU,
The truth is that child abuse is so horrible that a lot of people fail to see it because it's too painful to face, which is no excuse for how you were failed. You have every right to be angry about how unprotected you were. That you were allowed to suffer while so many around you did not see your pain.

Like BG, I have promised myself to not look away because I know how much I wish someone would have seen me and done something.

I hope that you can find solace now in being heard.

AG

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