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Hi! I'm Leigh and I am a survivor of abuse.
For many years I was abused both sexually (by my father) and mentally (by my stepmother). Although I remember the whole thing, I thought I was "handling" it quite well. I dropped out of high school at 18 (grade 12) to have my first child (1988). I completed high school the following year, went on to college and then got a great job for a large company. I worked in three different jobs during my ten years there, each job better than the last.
I was married in 1993 and gave birth to my second son in 1994. It was shortly after he was born that my world started to crumble. After the post-partum depression went away, the clinical depression and the panic and anxiety attacks hit me with a vengeance! I somehow managed to carry on my life as a career-mother and wife, but in 1997, my body broke down, I couldn't handle it anymore and I was a mess.
Soon, you will find my stories about each of my battles, here, on this site.
I named this site Steel Tears to remind me and others that tears of steel are what ALL victims of abuse must have in order to live. Although we cry and hurt inside, we must fight to be strong...to get through the rough times...to believe in ourselves...to get help...to SURVIVE!
Information on Abuse
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What is Child Abuse?