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પ્રત્યાઘાત : સાચી સ્ટોરી (પ્રત્યાઘાત ટ્રિલોજી)
THIS BOOK IS FACTUAL AND NOT DRAMATISED BUT BASED ON TRUE EVENTS, BOTH GOOD AND BAD. ONLY THE PEOPLE'S NAMES ARE CHANGED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES. I HAVE USED MY NAME, DAVID ROWAN
I decided to tell my story of the sexual abuse I suffered from when I was six years old until I was ten years old and its aftermath into adulthood.
At age ten, I believed it was over. Until 18 months later, the mental abuse intensified and followed me into my second year in high school.
Where photos of my naked body were passed around in front of me in the school assembly hall with my name on the rear but with my face cut out so as not to incriminate himself.
I had felt as though I had managed to keep my head just above water to function daily, despite the sexual abuse.
Still, that day in the school assembly hall, I felt submerged and helpless, and it seemed the only escape was suicide because this seemed to ease my mind for a while anyway, until the reality of what I had witnessed some years earlier stopped those thoughts.
The memories remain vivid, and the details of the sexual abuse are relevant to give an accurate account and the effects of it.
Writing this book has been challenging, as some things are hard to re-live. It has taken me over eight years as I would start, stop-start, etc.
I feel there should be more awareness of what sexual and mental abuse looks like, plus the emotional effects of it into adulthood.
This book starts from my birth and tells my story before the sexual abuse, during, and the aftermath of it.
I could not admit that anything was wrong with me because, in my mind, it would have meant that Norman, the paedophile, would have defeated me as a man.
My confidence came from becoming a man and promising myself that no one would ever abuse me again in any shape or form.
So the vicious circle continued along with
financial success until my suppressed past eventually caught up with me at age 37 with devastating results.
Best wishes
David.
I decided to tell my story of the sexual abuse I suffered from when I was six years old until I was ten years old and its aftermath into adulthood.
At age ten, I believed it was over. Until 18 months later, the mental abuse intensified and followed me into my second year in high school.
Where photos of my naked body were passed around in front of me in the school assembly hall with my name on the rear but with my face cut out so as not to incriminate himself.
I had felt as though I had managed to keep my head just above water to function daily, despite the sexual abuse.
Still, that day in the school assembly hall, I felt submerged and helpless, and it seemed the only escape was suicide because this seemed to ease my mind for a while anyway, until the reality of what I had witnessed some years earlier stopped those thoughts.
The memories remain vivid, and the details of the sexual abuse are relevant to give an accurate account and the effects of it.
Writing this book has been challenging, as some things are hard to re-live. It has taken me over eight years as I would start, stop-start, etc.
I feel there should be more awareness of what sexual and mental abuse looks like, plus the emotional effects of it into adulthood.
This book starts from my birth and tells my story before the sexual abuse, during, and the aftermath of it.
I could not admit that anything was wrong with me because, in my mind, it would have meant that Norman, the paedophile, would have defeated me as a man.
My confidence came from becoming a man and promising myself that no one would ever abuse me again in any shape or form.
So the vicious circle continued along with
financial success until my suppressed past eventually caught up with me at age 37 with devastating results.
Best wishes
David.
213 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 23, 2023
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