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Sherrie - UK

In Her Own Words

At 15, I felt like the loneliest person in the world.

My mum was suffering from really bad depression and my dad was always stressed out by our money problems. My mum couldn't cope with looking after herself or my little brother so I ended up caring for them both. I found it really hard to make friends at school or concentrate on my homework.

Then, one day, my world was shattered. A 'friend' of the family came into my room and sexually abused me. Inside I was crumbling, but I couldn't tell my parents - they just weren't strong enough to hear it.

One day I picked up a compass and cut myself. I felt that I was to blame for what had happened to me and I had punished myself so it was ok. Physically seeing the blood and the cuts was a way of expressing the emotional scars I was feeling.

The cutting was something I soon came to rely on.

But now, 2 years later, my life has totally changed. I am part of a group that uses your money to help girls who harm themselves. With the support of the other girls here I've enrolled in college and I no longer regularly cut myself. I am looking forward to a healthier and happier future.