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Mum of sexually abused daughter trying to cope

eagle72
Community Member

hello....well, my daughter when she was two told me in hospital that her dad hurt her...i was giving birth to her brother. That was the day my world changed course! Fast forward a few years in court....and he got supervised visits. Yes, thats it. I used to drop her off and she would scream at me she didnt want to go...i said you have too, the courts said.

I REGRET these words...and decision for the rest of my life!!!!!

My beautiful daughter is now 14yrs old, and now....lives with him. I am not coping with this. Atleast when she was with me and her brother, i felt i could protect her...now.... i feel she has no one.

My question to any victim of sexual abuse or mum of a child who has been abused.....Why does she hate me?

Im not stupid...ofcourse the dropping her off to the sicko when she obviously had been hurt by him confused her little mind....but i was only doing what the COURTS demanded.

I hate courts. they fail our innocent children. I try everyday to text her....tell her how much i love her and miss her....she gives one word replies days later..

when she does visit she is angry all the time with me...this behaviour happened about a year before she left.

and if anyone is wondering, no, i do not bring the abuse up. When it happened i told myself he has taken her body, but not her soul.

i thought that would be enough to get us through this....but it wasnt.

Im so sad. But that i can try to deal with. But....why and how can she live with him. She is always angry .....is he still abusing her??

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eagle72
Community Member

wise words croix.....

you made me cry again and smile...kind words that do help with the healing..or more the adjustment process....i still break down and cry everytime i think about her living with him...i will never get it...but thankyou for your wisdom

thankyou

Croix
Community Champion
Community Champion

Dear Eagle72~

Healing/adjustment/acceptance, whatever you want to call it can be encouraged. Living a life always on the sharp edge of regret and guilt is so terribly bad for you.

Please try simple things that make you feel some enjoyment. It is not being selfish or running away, it is simply a way to give your mind other things to think about, to get out of a loop of horrible thoughts. I use books, movies, exercise. What could you use?

Croix

eagle72
Community Member

i need advice.

as all that understand my situation, you will know that i never spoke to my daughter about the abuse...i chose to tell her to be strong...and yourll be safe now....well...i now know that was the worst thing i could of done. when we were in court at the preliminary hearing...it was requested by her fathers barrister that my girl does not get counselling. i agreed because as all of you know...i just wanted to get out of the courts...and start living!!

well .....good news...my girl has told me she sees her school counseller. now, i have a question for community members....the school she goes to has no knowledge of the court case and sexual assault charges her father faced when she was two. the school recommended counselling due to her anger.

am i legally allowed to inform them? the reason i ask this, is because i feel without the knowledge of her abuse that continued from two to 12years....i think they may do damage. am i wrong or right to think this?

im soooo excited that she finally got someone to talk to but...being a school i dont know if they are trained to see the signs of abuse...

i want to soooo much to tell them that she is always angry because of the abuse.

when she told me, i asked her how does it make you feel...she said ok...i said ok thats good.

her father upon hearing she speaks to a counsellor made her stay home for a week....shes in yr9.

i must admit i do love knowing that he must be scared what she is going to say....

Tammy83
Community Member

Just seen this story and really hit home I have just lost my little girl in the family courts due to them accusing me of coaching and psychologically damaging her due to the fact that I believed her when she was 3 yrs old and made disclosures of her bio father touching her she is now 5 and still the same things plus more coming out. Now been taken from me her mother and only caregiver in 5 yrs and put with this man who is on disability pension with his 70 yr old father his carer has criminal record and threatened that he wanted to stab himself and run his car into a tree to kill himself while in court in the stand and this is who has my poor little girl at the moment and I'm not allowed any contact for 18 weeks it's absolutely disgusting.

mmMekitty
Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor

Hello Tammy83

I'm so sorry for you & your daughter, being separated from each other, the circumstances that brought you to the family court - all of it. The legal decisions are difficult to fight & legal help is expensive, too, as well as the whole process takes so much time, that I really don't know what to advise you.

I'm sure this must be incredibly painful for you, & I'm not surprised you words express anger. 

If you feel you need to talk to a counsellor, please call BB's counsellors on 1300 224 636 anytime.

 

Hugzies

mmMekitty