

Kris's Story
My name is Kris, my full name is Kristen but I really
don't care for that name so everyone except my family calls me Kris.I
was just looking at your site and really found it painful and enjoyable
at the same time if that makes any sense. I am a survivor of incest
by my Grandfather and my Father even though at times I have doubts
about my Father and sometimes I doubt about my Grandfather. I don't
remember much and I often question my sanity. I have looked at these
issues for some time now and actually this is the longest I have been
in therapy but I have never told my story. When my Grandfather passed
away I felt extremely and physically sick to my stomach. It was a
sucky Feb vacation from school...nothing like going to PA to a funeral.
Everyone was crying and I couldn't. I remember sitting outside in
the van trying to make myself cry but all I felt was sick. I wasn't
aware of any memories at that point,I had blocked it all out. My Grandmother
died the following year and my sister came into my room and asked
me if my Grandfather had done anything to me and it was like she had
flipped on the movie projector only the images haven't been edited.
She said she was going to tell my father about it and I begged her
not to. My Father came into my room and asked me about it and I remember
telling him that it was no big deal and that was the end of talking
about it in the family until I confronted my Father about his abuse
to me.
Things that I always wondered about fell into place....why was I trying
to kill myself, why was I drinking and drugging the way I was and
why was I sooo fascinated and felt like I deserved to be raped. Things
escalated after that day with my sister. I was slashing my wrists
and covering the cuts up. I would lock the bathroom door, couldn't
go into the basement, had anxiety attacks at night waiting for my
mother to come home from her night of gambling. The drinking, drugging
and permiscous behavior only got worse. I graduated from HS barely,
quit my job and took off from home and eventually was living out of
my car, trading my body for drugs and booze. Eventually a good friend
took me to a AA meeting and eventually helped me get into my first
rehab. I wasn't ready to clean up and sober up for it took a guy to
put a gun to my head and I really didn't know who he was and I didn't
care if he shot me. Why am I telling you this, probably because I
feel like I need to puke it all out of me. I am not doing well with
anything. I got sober when I was 19 and stayed sober for 9 and a 1/2
years until I chose to sleep with a married man and then picked up
drinking again and I'm having a hard time stopping again. My therapist(Sue)
wants me to go to an outpatient rehab and I am struggling with that
cuz I am a single mother a 7 year old boy. I just feel
like I'm really alone and that I'm going nuts. I'm meeting men online
who want to tie me up and force themselve onto me and I feel like
I deserve it all. Am I going nuts?
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