Incest: The Silent Amongst Us

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Carolyn Robinson

Carolyn Robinson, 55, suffered horrendous sexual abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father. This caused her a lifetime of anxiety, depression and eating disorders as she kept her past secret from her family and friends. She tells Closer about her ordeal as her book is released.

‘I can still see myself in my bedroom as a child, my tiny legs thrashing on the bed. I was about 11 or 12, and my father was sexually abusing me. 

When this used to happen I would stare at the window, or something in my room, just to pretend it wasn’t happening, that I wasn’t there.

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