My dad molested me when I was very young. My grandpa also made me do something to him that was sickening. It only happened once with each of them but it was so horrific to me that it has affected me my entire life. I thought about those 2 situations every single day up until I was 25. I am 26 now and I have been working on letting it go. I never told my mother because I thought I would get in trouble and even at a young age, somehow I knew if I told anyone that relationships would be ruined and thats not what I wanted to happen. I didnt know how to tell anyone what happened and didnt think anyone would believe me. My grandpa to this day gives me the creeps and I will never be alone with him because he does creepy things and says creepy things when were alone. It sucks because I dont have the grandpa and dad that other normal people have. I would like my mom to know what happened to me but I think she would seriously flip out. I am glad this show is on today and to read posts to see that I am not the only one whose going through something like this. But what are we supposed to do??

I was an orphan by age 7, and was raised by my oldest sister --- she was amazing, and I never felt any less loved than if I had been her own child (bless her heart!!!) ... her husband was sexually abusive to me, but I gathered the courage to TELL someone about it ... when she discovered what was going on, he was out the door in a HEARTBEAT lol ... my heart aches for these girls :( :(

You are so Lucky! It takes a really mature person to do what your Mom did! I hope you can get through the rest of your life w/o any more after affects.

Today's show has left me with chills all over! I am grateful that the subject of childhood sexual abuse is more out in the open today! My sister and I were victims of this too. The only difference between us is that she accepted it as being OK, and I realized it was wrong! My earliest memories of it start around 5 years old, so my sister would have been 7. When I reached 12 I started saying "No". But I still lived in fear every day because our dad did not have to accept the answer of "No". My sister never did say "No". Our dad had a very bad temper-but then so did our mom. She would lose her head and beat us with the rubber hose or make us go get our own switch, and peel the back off of it. That was better than when she would bang our heads against the wall. She even shot one of our brothers in the leg with her #22 rifle.
As a result of the verbal, physical, and sexual abuse; I was a very overprotective Mother to my 4 children. My youngest Daughter is now in college at the College of Mines in Golden, CO., so you would think the stress would be less for me. But not only did I have 3 daughters and 1 son; but I currently have 3 granddaughters and 1 grandson. I stress just as much about them! I feel everything so deeply! I Love them so much! I feel it is my responsibility to protect everyone! Unless you have gone through this, you don't have a clue of the problems that it leads to later in your life. I have been married and divorced 3 times. I have now been diagnosed with 'Borderline Personality Disorder'. I am 53 and find each day such a struggle to get through. I'm on 18 different meds, at the moment. I am morbidly obese. I am adicted to sex, but instead I eat things that taste good. My kids don't understand why i am the way I am. NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED TO WITHSTAND SEXUAL ABUSE!!!!   

I can relate to these sisters. It happened to me. I ran away when I 16, and when I beacame an adult I drank alot to block it out. When I became sober I had an nervous break down which ended me up in a hospital for 3 weeks. When I came out and got consuling, I contacted the police and an attorney. And there where no charges against him because of the year it happened in the 70's the prositcutor said that the statue of limitations expired. At 11 when I told my mom for the I don't know how many times, that is when I should of told the police and get an attorney. At 11 are you kidding me. My mom has thrown him in punshment for 2 weeks. She has said to my husband I was lucky thats all he did. And the prosicutor will do nothing about it. HELP...Where do I go from here because he is still out there, has other charges in the way against, but yet he has never been to jail for it.

Watching today's show i feel like im not alone. I had almost the exact same thing happen to me. My mother to this day dosent believe that her boyfriend molested my brother and i, not to mention she is still with him today. They both live only a few lot's down from my own family. I lived the majority of my life in Foster Care while she choose him over us. I feel like i know exactly how those girls feel. I have some of the same issues myself. Hopefully they can now move on with thier lives. At least he went to jail for what he did. My brother and i never got justice for what happend to us. It happens every day!!!

How can any parent sit there and watch this happen to your children.
How sick is this lady. I was sexually abused for 2 years and I held it inside until 2 yrs ago when I was 33 yrs old. I told my mom 2 yrs ago and even as an adult my mom stepped up and completely took the burden off of my shoulders. Any step I wanted to make she stood up for me and took so I didnt have to hurt anymore. Thats what a real mom does!

I was sexually and physically abused by my mother's married boyfriend for 5 years. I can relate to these two g

First thing you have to do is unconditionally accept your part in the abuse. The non-offending parent can actually have more of an impact on the victims than the actual abuser. You need to acknowledge your kids hurt and accept it from the

This episode just started and I'm already so mad! I was molested my my Grandmothers second husband.  I was too scared to tell anyone.  I remember trying to stay away from him.  When he died I thought God would punish me for being glad.