Missy's Story

Hi! My name is Missy. I am 25 years old. This is the first time I have really told anyone my story in at least ten years. I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. There are only a few people I have chose to tell my story to. Contrary to a lot of stories I have read I have a wonderful family that is very supportive of me and could not have known the secrets I held inside since childhood. The man that abused me when I was four years old wasn't much of a man at all he was a boy of fourteen. I don't remember all of the incidents but I remember clips, it all seems like a bad movie. The boy that abused me was our neighbor. I lived in the country and I remember telling my parents that I wanted to go see the cows. I didn't know
what he was doing to me was wrong. I just thought that I was doing what was right, keeping our little secret. I remember certain things that I was wearing at the time, certain things that he wanted me to do to him. I didn't tell anyone my secret until I was fifteen years old. Even then my Mother had to pry it from me, asking many questions about why I hated ourneighbor so much. I just want people to know that they are not alone.Melissa