Sexual abuse by close family member.....

[nameanon]

Have name changed for this, to protect my identity as you never know who could be reading it.

I was sexually abused by my brother from age 8 - 10, this included full rape.

My brother was 13 - 15yo (5 yrs older than me), the problem i have is i still see him regularly and act as though nothing happened and always have, the thing that upsets me the most is that my parents both know about this and have choosen to ignore it and carry on as normal. I grew up thinking it was a kind of normal brother/sister thing, and everytime this happened my mum would be in the next room or downstairs.

Do you think my brother should be excused of this because he was young?

Most of the time i don't even think about it, but sometimes i get so down because my parents have obviously chosen to completely disregard it.

After some opinions really, i told my parents years after it happened.

nameanon please do cat me if you want to talk - your experiences with your mothers actions sound so similar to mine - make sme feel not so alone x

Nameanon- it seems that there are many people that have been in the same or similar position. I went to the police about my stepfather, who abused my sister and my step sister..it did go court and he got 12 years, the abuse was over a 10 year period.I went to the police as soon as I found out. It was a hard thing to do,and totally devastating . My step sisters mum stood by him against her daughter. What had come out of this, was he had abused his sister when he was 15 and she was 13....then 30 years on the abuse was still hapening, just different victims.
Im not saying your brother would go on to abuse someone else, but then maybe he would?
So difficult hun, and you have to do whats best for you and your family now.
I really wish you all the best for the future xxxxx

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gosh giddy you sound like me
we ARE too good for those low lifes
my mother also has admitted she had her suspicions when i was living with my dad but she did nothing
she is not worthy of being a mother
i gleefully disown my family
thet are not worthy

i feel oddly comforted that some of you are getting by just fine without your family in your lives, i could and would NEVER imagine that my family would turn on me so quickly and without question but i guess it just goes to show how weak some people are. i now have a complete and utter disrespect and disgust for the fact that they were never interested in hearing my side of the story and instead chose a disgusting sick pervert over me. well its their loss.