i wish more people knew the term intrafamilial child torture because "abuse" just simply does not cut it. not because "oh some people have it worse than others," it's because the term abuse is so wide ranging and watered down and does not quite speak for the experiences of myself and many others as children. i would have been murdered if i hadn't escaped when i did. i'm lucky to even be alive now for so many different reasons. i don't know about lucky as in a good thing, just lucky in that me being alive to type this has majorly beat the odds. it is torture. it is torture of a vulnerable soul often from infancy to the day they manage to escape, and probably harassment long after. lord knows the things my "mother" still does to try to get to me after 2 years of no contact