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Am I good enough?

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Ambxr · 07/01/2022 11:16

Hi guys,

Before I go into this, please don’t be horrible.
So from when I was young I was sexually abused by a family member, I then was assaulted at 15. I didn’t have much family support at all, I was drinking quite a bit to deal with the trauma and ended up being raped at 18, before then I was a virgin. I was quite off the rails to cope, I was drinking a lot! And compared to the Asian community I live in im very westernised so immediately was labelled all sorts of names just due to being how I am. I was soon labelled a slag and all sorts although I had just gotten into a relationship and it was my first time consenting someone. I had quite a few male friends but nothing happen with them. Although rumours were everywhere. It got to a point I was hearing rumours about myself that weren’t even true or I didn’t know these people. I dealt with this for years of my life. I’ve recently gotten pregnant with my current partner, it is all I’ve wanted a child. As I was told at 15 I had PCOS and had never fallen pregnant until now, im 27. I was convinced I couldn’t have babies. But these rumours and names have stuck and today in a fight with my partner he called me these names he called me a hoe, a slag and so on. Told me I’m only good for a fuck, it’s what guys see and want and so on. This has really broken my confidence to be a mother, im so ashamed of it all especially since he knows what I went through. I’m now starting to think I’m not good enough to be a mother to my baby and I don’t deserve it because I have started to believe I am those things. I don’t know how to cope with all this pressure, I went from feeling like I would be a great mom to feeling like I don’t deserve to have this baby and I just don’t know what to do.. I don’t have anyone to speak to, I just feel so lost..

OP posts:
Notsuchaniceguy · 07/01/2022 12:00

I have no shared experience but I do work in mental health and there are people out there who go through these awful things. You and they are NOT the problem and you need and deserve help. What is happening with your partner is abusive. Even if it has only happened once it is way across the line. Firstly please make contact with organisations like Women’s Aid www.womensaid.org.uk/ There are links on this site to other organisations and if you Google domestic violence and the county you live in there’s likely a website with local support services. You need to be safe right now. Is there a friend you could stay with? If not then organisations can and will help you.

Further on you might want to speak to your GP or midwife about support for your mental well-being during pregnancy and afterwards. Not because you are ‘mad’ or ‘unwell’ or ‘weak’ but because you’ve been through many traumas and deserve support to be the mum you want and can be.

I have seen people who are awesome parents who went through this kind of horror - never think you won’t be too.

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