“MY FATHER RAPED ME, AND MY MOTHER BLAMED ME” – A LADY TELLS IT ALL

I was ráped from age of 12 to 16
and I was ráped by my father.
It started one day when he picked me
up early from school he gave me a
glass of alcohol. He made me drink it
then told me to take a bath. I assumed
it was because I started feeling a little
ill due to the alcohol. Soon he came
into the bathroom and told me to go
relax on the bed. I was scared and
begged him not to hurt me but he did.
He hurt me and abused me. I felt
terrible inside me, I was crying but he
did not stop.
I was afraid to tell my mother what was
going on. My mother was also a rápe
victim and this affected her mental
health. My father told me that if I told
her, she will die. He also apologized to
me and said he would go to jail if I
reported him. I did not know what to
do so I did nothing for years while he
continued to abuse me.
I eventually got the strength to tell my
mother. She did not believe me at first,
then she later blamed me for causing
it. She says it was my own fault. My
father left the house eventually. When I
turned 21, he came to apologize to me,
crying. But I still deal with the after
effect of being a rápe victim everyday