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>These studies almost never ask questions like "Are you being abused by your parents?" or "Have you been molested?" Wouldn't there be worse behavior problems t

• DoreenMichele 6y ago
  Not necessarily. I was molested and raped as a child. Most people had no idea. I did attempt suicide at age 17 and I began making two grades per year below a C starting after I was raped at the age of twelve and I spent time in an insane asylum. But I also was one of the top three students of my graduating high school class, had the highest SAT scores of my graduating high school class, won a National Merit Scholarship (to UGA, in fact) based on those scores, etc. Most people are not talented at identifying indicators of abuse and people in abusive situations are often doing everything in their power to find some high road solution because they know they are at risk of being blamed and ending up in jail or some shit. When I was institutionalized in my teens, I was initially presumed to be a badly behaved teenager. I distinctly remember having a conversation with a staff member who assumed I was just some asshole teenager and they markedly changed their tune when they found out I was a victim of being molested and raped and I was suicidal and that was why I was hospitalized, not because I was doing bad things to other people.
  • tarboreus 6y ago
    Just want to say...I'm sorry all of that happened to you.
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