Dancing With Daddy/Not My Story

The latest biography of incest I have read is called, "Dancing With Daddy". I believe I am reading every biography I can find about this subject to kind of do a self study. I have for a long time thought that the majority of survivors remember in their mid to late twenties. I guess I have to search out the recent statistics regarding peoples memories. A friend who has been studying psychology with a focus on sexual abuse survivors has told me that that is not always the case. I do remember I met a friend of a friend who remembered into her mid fifties that her brother had sexually molested her. The mind finds a way to protect us. We remember when it is time to remember when we are more able to cope with the traumatic memories.

Betsy Petersen remembered her father molesting her later in life. Her father/molester had already died. Her mother believed her when she told of the sexual molestation and there was joint counseling. It is a very sad and interesting story and I must say that
Miss Petersen really has a beautiful style of writing. Each story that I read is vastly different. I personally have been told that what I remember is from some article I have read and I must have just transposed myself into the story, to draw attention to myself.
Those things only happen when a divorced mother has a boyfriend who molests her child.....etc.

While there are some components to some stories that are similar to my own survival, I have not transposed anything of any other story to my own story. I have no need to. It's not my story.

I Just Finished Reading In My Fathers Arms/ I Think I Was Disabled

"In My Fathers Arms, A true story of incest" is a very interesting well written story of survival. It was written by Walter A. Milly lll. I found it interesting that when he described many layers of emotional reactions and disorders I could really relate. Of course all of my personal experiences were all in different order and timelines. I was kind of reliving all of what I had experienced. I also just read "How to cook your daughter" which was written by Jessica Hendra, daughter of Tony Hendra a well known writer for National Lampoon. I have always enjoyed reading biographies and autobiographies. I find other peoples stories very interesting. With reading as many biographies about survivors of child sexual abuse I find it interesting and a little disappointing that I am not finding these people extending some kind of discussion on really looking at how to end the epidemic of child sexual abuse. I have written some of my story and have hopes of someday having a book released. In my book I would certainly have this blog as part of it and "The works in progress" on how I would address child sexual abuse.

On a side note: I recently did my taxes. I could not help stop and really give it some thought when I read the question,"Are you permanently disabled?" Sometimes I believe that I am disabled. I am certainly a much different person for having survived incest.
I think I was disabled. I am a highly productive person. I have many hopes and dreams. I try to stay optimistic. Pretty normal.
I Think I Was Disabled.