I always struggled with school from a very young age, I thought something was wrong with me, why wasn’t I getting As like everyone else and why would i forget often. As entered university and studied more about psychology and even sociology. I realized that may abuse and rape that suffer were part of the cause. I would often block the bad memories of the trauma every time that something that came up and remind me of it and in the process, i would forget everything I studied, I often did not have the confidence in performing well because I thought something was wrong with me.
I would often not retained what was taught, keep to myself and i struggle to communicate. Now I am healing I communicate better, I try memorize better. and now I know that my abuse had alot to do with what I remember and how I learned.
By O'Nika Barnette
