Open AccessA letter to my abusers
Author(s) -
Candace Adams
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of critical thought and praxis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2325-1204
DOI - 10.31274/jctp.12993
Subject(s) - feeling , content (measure theory) , sexual abuse , psychology , sister , narrative , psychological abuse , physical abuse , reading (process) , psychoanalysis , suicide prevention , poison control , social psychology , medicine , art , literature , medical emergency , mathematical analysis , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , political science , law
Content Advisory: The following piece contains references to childhood and adult trauma including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Please be advised that those who may be deeply affected by reading such material may find the following content emotionally and/or psychologically triggering. A letter to my abusers conveys feelings about secondary abuse and psychological and emotional trauma in addition to incest, rape, and sexual abuse during my childhood. The content in the letters refers to how my mother and sister inflicted secondary trauma by refusing to listen to my narrative on my abusive father. Using excerpts and examples from my twenty-year-old dissertation, I lovingly and sorrowfully say goodbye to my family as I make my way to the next chapter in my life.