Please Believe Me

Finding My Voice and Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse

De: Shirley Aumack

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Duración: 5 h y 28 m

Resumen del Editor

When author Shirley Aumack quietly confronted her father asking him to stop sexually abusing her as a little girl, she got this tirade from her father: "No one cares what I do to you. I don't love you, no one loves you, and no one will EVER love you." How does a little girl ever heal from this? Compounding the pain of this horrific, inhumane message and the sexual abuse starting when she was eight years old was having a mother who was emotionally vacant. Shirley Aumack never received any affection from her, never heard the words, "I love you" or any such affirming messages. She never attempted to tell her mother about the abuse and never found anyone to confide in who would believe her. It is common for people who have endured such hellish abuse to overcompensate their feelings of low self-worth by excelling at everything they do. And Shirley is no exception. Throughout her life, she has excelled at everything--academically, professionally, personally as a mother, wife, friend, and in every role she has impressively had love as her guiding force. Lois Einhorn, PhD, author of Forgiveness and Child Abuse: Would YOU Forgive? writes about PLEASE BELIEVE ME: "Shirley is a gifted storyteller making the book a quick read. But her messages will stay with me for a very long time. She covers unflinchingly details of her life including her despair and devastation. But her book is not only of surviving but also of thriving. In addition to horrifying images, she includes laugh-out-loud stories. Ultimately this book is inspiring and empowering, hopeful and healing. Shirley's life serves as a testament to the preciousness of all life, the transformative power of love, the triumph of the human spirit, and the need for humor." THIS BOOK IS IMPORTANT FOR... Sexual abuse survivors will learn how to navigate their lives after the abuse. Friends and relatives of sexual abuse survivors will learn how to better understand how the abuse affects the lives of survivors. Survivors will learn how to handle difficult situations in their lives and how they can overcome these situations to have a better life and much less anxiety in their lives. Childhood survivors will learn to understand the concept of the inner child and how this child can be helped to become an adult. Childhood survivors will learn how to overcome their childhood difficulties that come from not being heard by their parents. Childhood and adult survivors will learn how to recognize the people in their lives that they can depend on and who love them and learn to speak to their supporters who are always there for them rather than constantly looking for help from the wrong people in their lives. Childhood and adult survivors will learn how to recognize the things in their life that make them feel uncomfortable for whatever reasons and learn how to overcome these. Survivors and the people around them will learn how important health care professionals are in their lives including doctors, nurses, support groups and mental health providers. Survivors will learn how to choose people in their lives who treat them properly and to never let people into their lives who will not treat them properly. Remember, survivors, if someone does not believe you, keep looking for someone who does!