(Not A Victim Part 1)

By Anonymous Author

(Based off a True Story, Names and Dates have been changed. The Author wishes to remain anonymous but not their stories.

Growing up in a broken home is never easy, add mental, physical and sexual abuse and you've got the trifecta for Post Traumatic Syndrome.

As a young girl being raised in a toxic environment was never easy. I was born in the 90s to two parents, at my birth my parents were together. Somewhere between birth and age 2 my father and mother split. Around the age 2, I was seriously hurt by my family member after they violently shook me causing head trauma known shaking baby syndrome or Traumatic Brain Injury. This caused my mother to lose custody of me and father didn't seek out custody as he was incapable of doing and later he was completely irresponsible.

I was placed in the care of my step-grandmother and...