WOW! I am so grateful for all the responses to this thread! I was not sure how it would be received, but I am so happy!
It made me nervous to post it for some reason, I guess because this is the first time I have gone public with my experience.
When I first came to the forum last year, I had so much I wanted to say, but just did not have the courage speak up. Instead,
I spoke of localized recent experiences that I had had.
If I can be of any help to anyone out there, I would be more than happy. You can recover and move on, but not without
permanent scars unfortunately, mainly from incompetent Elders.
I will tell you, as strange as it may sound, the experience with those Elders in this case was far worse than the incident with
that teacher! Looking back, I think I suffered far more trauma from my Parents and the elders than I did with the jerk who
took advantage of me! There have been MANY times over the years that I wished I had never said anything to my parents about
the incident, In some senses, I bet I would have been better off to just keep it to myself, maybe.
To this day, I have basically no relationship with my parents. I cannot fathom how any parent could treat their own flesh and
blood in that way, especially since I am the mother of an almost 14 year old myself now! If that had been my child, I would
NEVER NEVER let the elders in on it!!!!
Thanks so much for the support !!!
Looking forward to hearing more responses!!
Love, Vita