the way she recognizes what happened to her mother as rape but not what happened to hers, absolutely breaks my heart
@triplereed12345 ай бұрын
I caught that too. I was so so so sad to hear her say that. Oh my goodness. 😔😔😔
@cashedrites5 ай бұрын
A lot of the story is missing here she admits that she was on heroin when she went to her grandfather's house so he was probably giving her money for sex that's why they had an arrangement, people like that leave out little factoids that point towards it being her fault because of the drugs and her willingness to have sex for drugs, yes grandpa is a scumbag but she made it too easy for him
@JJ-sv7rh2 ай бұрын
Yeah and why was she with him.. She knew he was a rapist
@clel451362 ай бұрын
@@JJ-sv7rh genuinely? please do something about your nasty mind and life
@tay74942 ай бұрын
I audibly said, “oh, honey”. Really made my heart hurt.
@drewpost19072 жыл бұрын
"I'm the common denominator...there's gotta be something about me that...brings out the worst in men". That broke my heart. It's not you, Star. It's them.
@SonnyGTA2 жыл бұрын
That was really sad.
@mikem5652 жыл бұрын
You never know.
@隠れた2 жыл бұрын
Tbh she may be self aware that she pushes people beyond their limit, it can be both people and not just one sided
@hotmegoi5042 жыл бұрын
I had a very different reaction to the same part lol
@katewalchle67042 жыл бұрын
@@hotmegoi504 LOL?? Really?
@VIP-ry6vv6 ай бұрын
20 grams of weed would put you in prison longer than this monster got. This is so horrible.
@Frosty_Jay5 ай бұрын
I'm not a conspiracy guy but our government is ran by pedophiles. If they aren't then they are complicit in the actions of these creatures.
@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw99884 ай бұрын
well yes bc one is part of the holy bible and the other is the literal devil ('s lettuce)
@riedafry4 ай бұрын
@@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988tf is your point the Bible don’t mean shit this guy is way worse then lettuce my guy
@Kyle415044 ай бұрын
@@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988what are u talking about, pig shit
@iheartabis3 ай бұрын
@@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988does the bible say "dont smoke weed its the devils lettuce"?
@mothermaxyne5 ай бұрын
“ if you were older than 20, how could you let this happen? ” very horrible question to ask a survivor of manipulation, rape, and incest. i’ve enjoyed these interviews so far, but this one really rubbed me the wrong way. you have GOT to learn how to handle these types of situations. you’re very lucky that Star is a strong woman & you didn’t have to deal with a breakdown on camera. This was VERY inconsiderate questions to ask a survivor of trauma like Star. Do better, please. If not for your viewers, then for the interviewee. They deserve a safe space to be heard, not further judged. Bless you, Star. I wish nothing but the best for you, honey 🩷
@hannahrogers69564 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@mhill932784 ай бұрын
You’re right in a way I guess but honestly the dude making these is not a licensed therapist or anything like that, he’s giving them a platform to tell their stories and sometimes his questions are more meant for the guest to have a direction to move their story toward when they stall on a specific moment 👀 The people taking part aren’t expecting him to coddle them and give them a form of therapy, they volunteer to tell their story for people like us to gain perspective when we haven’t lived through these type of situations
@kiracarver9883 ай бұрын
@@mhill93278phrasing matters. Simple adjusting it to "what would you say to people who would ask why you didn't fight back, even though you were an adult who could have?" Makes a world of difference. This man is a professional, he should know how to address these topics if he's dedicated to covering them. It is his responsibility as the interviewer, not as a therapist. And he should take this constructive criticism and apply it to future interviews. There's nothing wrong with people giving him feedback.
@mhill932783 ай бұрын
@@kiracarver988 Yeah also being a trained therapist/psychiatrist would help too, but the point was you’re demanding a level of professionalism that this interviewer has never claimed to possess or promise to his guests 🤷🏽♂️ So it sucks that his gesture to give a platform to these people who want to share their stories is some how “coming up short” for your satisfaction when you’re penalizing him for a promise that he never made 👀 Its like, now if he doesn’t rephrase himself is he an asshole because you said so? Or if he comes across as dry then because you’ve warned him now he’s doing this wrong? He never promised or claim to have a talent for this, you can’t get upset or demand perfection
@kiracarver9883 ай бұрын
@@mhill93278 nope, sorry, a professional interviewer absolutely should know how to be sensitive when the time calls for it, and how to construct questions even on the fly. Literally the expected job of a good interviewer. Just like how sometimes, an interviewer should know when to push someone's buttons to get to the truth of a matter, etc. lol what do you even mean. It's his job. He's the one who decided to cover such sensitive topics, but he's not expected to know how to be sensitive?
@jacktwist7113 жыл бұрын
"I was going to be a nurse and be somebody." You are somebody.
@ChardonAnn3 жыл бұрын
Correct Star I love you
@sugarandspiceandeverything15363 жыл бұрын
You are an amazing WOMEN! STAY STRONG
@whotelakecity20013 жыл бұрын
If you never felt that way, you don't know what it is like.
@Julia-kv2po3 жыл бұрын
Somebody I admire. You're so tough I'm telling you
@Armistead_MacSkye3 жыл бұрын
@@whotelakecity2001 Many people replying are survivors, too.
@SultanaOfSwing3 жыл бұрын
The grandmother was literally complicit in 3 generations of her families destruction.
@DMWBN33 жыл бұрын
kimberly arnold I watched a short film about inbred a week ago. There were 3/4 brothers & 2-3 generations. You can tell one was brought up living in a dog kennel as he only barked. They were all utterly filthy & all lived in absolute squalor. Very sad to see.
@Theirtherethere.3 жыл бұрын
@@DMWBN3 woa what was that called
@angelbaby36553 жыл бұрын
The Whittaker family? I believe
@lamBETTERthanY0U3 жыл бұрын
Mr Watto That’s on this channel dumbass
@DMWBN33 жыл бұрын
lamBETTERthanY0U thought it was, thanks though ass wipe
@hayleyjoness10 ай бұрын
I wish you had a woman asking these questions. You have no idea how jarring it is as a survivor of this kind of abuse to have a man tell you “you were having s*x with your grandfather at the same time as your mother was”, and “you’d think that at 20 you’d be old enough to protect yourself.” Have some fucking compassion.
@goldensloth75 ай бұрын
agreed. that was gross.
@kezza1385 ай бұрын
Yep, that was shocking.
@tigrevaqq16935 ай бұрын
for real this dude is disgusting
@krystalized065 ай бұрын
He often says weird shit like this to r*pe victims.
@brittanygoller625 ай бұрын
Yeah, this guy's not professional.
@missfilby5 ай бұрын
"Not my kids." I understand this woman doesn't think highly of herself, but that line right there makes her a hero. I hope her children become the adults that finally give her the love she deserves.
@missmarymack345717 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@kristiwilliams65183 жыл бұрын
She has the saddest eyes I've ever seen
@DMRJ533 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@mikelawson64563 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@jenniferdelacruz42763 жыл бұрын
Uggh. She really does. You can feel her pain. I just want to give her a big hug 😔
@codydillon27053 жыл бұрын
Foreal I just said that what a trip
@Anonymous-pk8bk3 жыл бұрын
That’s probably from the betrayal of those who she loved and thought loved her in return but instead they hurt her and betrayed her trust. A broken spirit that’s still fighting 💔💜
@laurafortier92952 жыл бұрын
"Not my kids" She broke it. She broke the cycle. Jesus. This was intense.
@samiee42002 жыл бұрын
I don't get it please explain
@groundhog_79772 жыл бұрын
Sadly... underlying I thought she maybe jealous... knowing he would be engaging in sexual activity with her daughters...sick as it seems...she comes across in MORE than 1 way of being in love with her grandfather Smh I don't know who's MORE messed up...Smh
@samiee42002 жыл бұрын
@@groundhog_7977 they are both sick in the mind
@sadgirl98702 жыл бұрын
@@groundhog_7977 she was manipulated, taken advantage of and groomed by her grandfather. “Not my kids” clearly means she won’t allow them to be hurt by him the way he hurt her. She isn’t “jealous” lol wtf. she’s protecting her kids. You’re just victim blaming… don’t be ignorant
@nunyabizwacks67112 жыл бұрын
@@groundhog_7977 agree 100%. Sure, this girl has had it rough in some ways but shes not just 100% a victim in this whole situation. Theres def more to it and theres def some blame to be placed on herself as well. Shes literally attracted to and lusts after her grandfather. Thats not some automatic thing that happens when you are abused. Theres much more to this story and many more contributing factors from HER side than we actually know. Without even getting too far into it, its apparent that, simply put, much of her situation(s) is on her.
@MH-yj4qq5 ай бұрын
It makes me fkng sick that her grandmother was so bent on her going to church but was knowingly allowing her husband to abuse every child in that house
@rachellerockel4 ай бұрын
Religion is the perfect place to find forgiveness
@adileneramirez50894 ай бұрын
religion the the perfect place to conceal guilt with forgiveness
@adileneramirez50894 ай бұрын
”forgiveness”
@tanyad.21802 ай бұрын
Folks are in for a sobering reality that think they can hide behind the cloth and/or bible while seeking forgiveness for these disgustingly cruel acts. Common sense, the conscience and the bible states that when you continue doing something knowing that it's wrong, can only be defined at it's roots as blasphemy, and that's why and how the conscience becomes unhealthy, because the Holy Spirit has turned away.
@veganerd11312 ай бұрын
Some of the cruelest people I’ve known were some who thought they were the most godly.
@idajosdal770811 ай бұрын
"Not my kids", and later the "I'm not his anymore" was so powerful oh my god. This woman deserves the purest love. She has such a powerful ability to love despite all that was done to her. Its not your fault star, i truly hope and pray you find healing and peace
@QueensNewYorkguy8 ай бұрын
It’s 100% her fault!! What world do you live in? Clown World🤡 apparently
@backisayback51477 ай бұрын
@@QueensNewYorkguyhow was it her fault?
@QueensNewYorkguy7 ай бұрын
@@backisayback5147 cause she wanted it! And didn’t do a damn thing about it!
@MH-yj4qq5 ай бұрын
@@QueensNewYorkguyyou’re gross
@nonbinarywafflee5 ай бұрын
@@QueensNewYorkguyget out of here with this victim blaming bs bro. If u haven’t been through abuse, u don’t have the slightest idea what it’s like. So kindly stfu 😊
@gdh1113 жыл бұрын
-Her grandfather raped her... the definition of rape is that its non consensual (not saying "no" doesnt mean you wanted to be raped) -Freezing/not fighting back is an appropriate response to rape/trauma (very, very common) -Having an orgasim is the body's response to being minupulated sexually. That doesnt mean you liked it. Of course there may have been times when things felt pleasurable, thats the way sexual organs are designed to respond to touch. (Lots of survivors struggle with this, including male survivors) -You are incredibly brave to share this with as much vulnerability as you did! Im so proud of you. Thank you for sharing
@christyb31283 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining this and putting that information out here for people to grasp and try to understand. Its an incredibly hard story and situation to fathom and what you just explained in detail I think would or could bring more survivors peace by just educating people on the bodies responses and how unless its explained and heard it can be torture to process if at all possible to process. I think star is the epitome of strength. I love her heart and fighting spirit.
@fallenstar77763 жыл бұрын
Dana🤎🤎🤎 Thank you for your words.
@sadieperry3 жыл бұрын
this comment says it all. thank you 🙏🏻
@toniblanche6833 жыл бұрын
Yesssss!!!!
@imcharmed4evr3 жыл бұрын
Well said, totally agree! So proud of u for telling ur story, talking about ur trauma is therapy for the soul. Will say a prayer 🙏🏻 for her to stay drug free and live a happy life. 🥰
@natalieabbey14943 жыл бұрын
She’s so much more of a survivor - she’s a rape survivor, a child abuse survivor, a molestation survivor; so many failed this woman. She’s so strong.
@ye-kf6ji3 жыл бұрын
@Zert Teyyy bro shutup
@fallenstar77763 жыл бұрын
Natalie, comments like yours, on the right days, give me what I need in order to keep going. Thank you sweet lady!! Love always Star
@maiaegerton33713 жыл бұрын
@@fallenstar7776 - Dear Star, I assume you are the remarkable woman telling your story on this video? If so, for starters please start calling yourself "Rising Star", which is what you are. It is your first family are the Fallen Stars, but you have survived that poisonous pack of disfunctional humans.What you have been through in your life so far would destroy many less strong souls. You are doing the right thing now, talking publicly about it. I hope you are starting to heal just by coming out into the open. Part of my own recovery was to cut off completely every jackass in my first family, none of whom protected me. We have no choice with blood relatives,, but we can leave them (at least as adults) if it's not a good scene.. Friends we can choose, and as adults take on good people as a replacement family. I hope you will stand fast now and allow only people in your life who will protect/encourage support you on your path to healing. Also, a good professional counsellor can help with trauma and self-esteem issues. I feel very positive about your future because I can see that although feeling so broken inside, you are strong in spirit and smart, and you have looked inside yourself to see your situation clearly. I see you also a beautiful woman in your prime (I speak as a Senior) and so please also enjoy your youth and beauty with worthy people, and have some fun doing things you enjoy. Do follow your dream to become a nurse! You'll be great at it, a very compassionate professional caregiver doing important work to help others. Rising Star, you ARE somebody. I send my love. YOU GO, GIRL!
@lolalemmon3 жыл бұрын
I want my mom to tell her story publicly. It’s so tragic and a huge family secret that no one has believed her on.
@kimgraham96713 жыл бұрын
@@maiaegerton3371 What a beautiful comment! And I agree Rising Star is way more appropriate! Amen
@heidiwilliams5985 ай бұрын
Incest can become much like Stockholm Syndrome where victims end up feeling protective of the abuser. Its akin to brainwashing. Mark I hope you learned something from this and approach victims with more compassion and sensitivity. Star, you are a brave beautiful lady that deserves the best life. I admire your courage!
@peacheillo26413 ай бұрын
Absolutely. I was sexually abused by my father, and I relate to a lot of what Star shared.
@nicoleroberts2683 ай бұрын
How dare you ask this victim why she didn’t stop her abuse?!? If you’re going to speak to victims, you better treat them with 100% respect and sensitivity.
@Undebunkable-lw2pi2 ай бұрын
Shut up loser.
@miriama12972 ай бұрын
Yeah I felt terrible and uncomfortable to hear her explaining herself again and again. Surely asking once was enough.
@SourninjaloАй бұрын
It’s an interview on a sensitive topic. He has the right to ask anything he wants this isn’t a counseling session. This is for entertainment. If you are so easily triggered by a question why watch these videos???
@annathedamnbanana6016Ай бұрын
You just made my guts turn… entertainment is not the right word to use. This is for visibility. Bringing very grim topics and shedding light on them so that others may feel seen, heard and potentially give other survivors some kind of hope. This is not for entertainment. Excuse me while I go throw up now.
@BerenTunalАй бұрын
@@Sourninjalo Its obvious that you lack of some good old-fashioned backbone. Not everything is for entertaining purposes, and I wish that somewhere sometime in the future, you will have the capacity to understand that. If you don’t respect yourself, try to show some respect to the people who got hurt because of y’all.
@lozreynolds62613 жыл бұрын
Hearing her say she's the "common denominator of abuse" absolutely breaks my heart.
@radpanda1213 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@khadijaejaz3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's not her
@karisinpieces103 жыл бұрын
💔
@valenechavez84483 жыл бұрын
It broke my heart too. It made me think of myself, to know I'm not the only one who feels like the common denominator.... Very heart breaking but at least I know I'm not alone in feeling this way.
@PrettyINCs3 жыл бұрын
She is the common denominator. It's not her fault, that's the part that's sad to me. She doesn't seem to understand that predators can spot prey from miles away. She's groomed for abuse.
@annieseaside3 жыл бұрын
It killed me halfway thru that her Grandma “FORGAVE HER”. No Sweetheart! Nothing to forgive. She should have apologized to you and your Mom! Jesus.
@vidamariaixchel78733 жыл бұрын
That grandmother is pure evil.
@Star-dj1kw3 жыл бұрын
Right!! The grandmother should feel RESPONSIBLE for not stopping this abuse and carnage!!
@JesusLovesYouSoMuch13 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ loves you
@moniqueaguilar2883 жыл бұрын
That grandma could have saved all these kids and chose not to.
@molnaranita13463 жыл бұрын
@@JesusLovesYouSoMuch1 LOL
@tylerd8609 Жыл бұрын
I hate how the interviewer kept referring to her rape as “sex”
@blueStarKitt79243 ай бұрын
I think Star and Mark already discussed that before the recording and he only used her own words.🤷
@aliwooz913Күн бұрын
Exactly. I dont think people realize that mark definitely sits with his guests beforehand and asks about boundaries etc@blueStarKitt7924
@jenniferharper59202 ай бұрын
5.8 million views on this interview. I think it is safe to say that we need an update on Star. Every time I come across one of your uploads, I think of Star. No other interview has touched my heart like this one. I pray she is safe, happy, healthy and living the life she deserves bc damn it, she deserves a happy life. I just want to hug her.❤️
@lisafrederick88707 күн бұрын
I've falling asleep to this interview over 100 times...... the story is horrible but her voice is calming
@effiet67874 күн бұрын
first time i saw it today, and i feel captivated. it like she has touched my heart, i felt here pain and wish i could somehow help her feel better. this woman has no idea how charismatic she is. I hope we will have an update soon, and it better be a good one!
@megmeek28933 жыл бұрын
I wish she could know how HUGE her statement of "not my kids" is. Ended a generational chain of abuse! So strong and beautiful
@savthomas073 жыл бұрын
It gave me chills. She said it with conviction and strength. She meant that.
@ladonnacross95483 жыл бұрын
AMEN!!!
@staciehenderson69823 жыл бұрын
No doubt! That gutted me. I was trying not to cry watching this but when she said that.... fu*k it, I tried. 😭😭
@sbrend55933 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, took the words right out of my mouth!
@dejacavu62593 жыл бұрын
Right? If we are a progressive civilization education, womens choices & exposure #stoptheCycles!l
@lib.7773 жыл бұрын
He got 7 years, only served 2 before he died :(. He basically got away with this for his whole life. May he rot in hell 🙏
@janepatton81003 жыл бұрын
The worth and dignity of a soul is measured by what it delights in! And delight/happiness is our highest desire. Men have killed to have it. Kings have gone mad trying to find it. Wars have served it. Affairs have worshiped it. We all seek it. Sadly, billions have died without discovering its secret... namely, that joy is not an it, but a He. The Gospel is the good news that sinners can delight in a Holy God. It's the good news that all of our deepest desires are satisfied in the ONE who sent His Son to bring us to Him. . God is so valuable and so satisfying that the most loving thing he could do for us is to make Himself gloriously indispensable. He is the only being in the universe for whom self-exaltation is the highest virtue. Therefore, God's commitment to be glorified and our goal to be satisfied are not at odds but come to simultaneous consumation in the worship of His Son... who took upon Himself the Wrath that God had towards us in our sinful disregard of Him. A wrath that could never be appeased through man-made religion. Jesus didn't die to turn the world into a paradise, he died so that we could stop seeking paradise in the world... Temporal things such as beauty, popularity, money, sex, racial identity, gender reassignment... can never truly satisfy. BECAUSE WE WERE MADE FOR SO MUCH MORE! We were made to gaze intently into the Eternal Beauty of a majestic King, Father, and God... meet Jesus the Christ. Life is hard, God is good, Glory is coming 😊... Thanks for taking the time to read this comment.
@donnymiller1953 жыл бұрын
@@janepatton8100 this, amen amen
@Nikki-ci5ze3 жыл бұрын
If he didn’t repent he is in hell
@hidekykeikolopez81933 жыл бұрын
💯
@amandafaku9243 жыл бұрын
Sadly hell doesn't exist, these kind of people should be made to experience hell when they are alive.
@izzya8116 Жыл бұрын
Every single time she had “sex” with him it’s wasn’t sex. She was raped. My heart shatters for this woman.
@QueensNewYorkguy8 ай бұрын
She said he could do it to her on her terms!!! Were you not listening??
@carolynanderson83878 ай бұрын
How dense of you. You clearly don't understand how childhood grooming and abuse work@@QueensNewYorkguy
@urRAWRsoundsfunnyLOL7 ай бұрын
@@QueensNewYorkguy That's also what slaves told their masters before becoming "bed wenches" its to give the illusion of free- will. in reality that 6 foot 7 man could break her jaw and do whatever he wanted. She was living in fear.
@QueensNewYorkguy7 ай бұрын
@@urRAWRsoundsfunnyLOL 911 ☎️! It works, you should try it sometime when you decide to take accountability and stop making excuses choosing to be a victim
@jl26197 ай бұрын
@@QueensNewYorkguy here’s another person with a sub average IQ
@Tanya49655 Жыл бұрын
“Why did you let it happen when you were an adult and able to stop it?” A literal loss for words for how pissed off mark made me with that question when she had literally just got done explaining why when ppl would ask her that as if it’s an appropriate question to ask someone disgusting Edit didn’t see how many ppl responded to this until now I get why he asked it but he obviously should’ve asked in a much better “reporter” type of way like “for all the people who will be wondering why did it continue.” Or something like that as a childhood victim myself from my own father who did 6 years as a teen for it this question sounds like you don’t believe them and at least for me Ill stop opening up cuz you already don’t believe me like cys didn’t for years until he was incarcerated at 15 he was just let out a year or two ago finished his Sentence I’m 23 now
@egglette201411 ай бұрын
I normally do not comment on videos, but I whole-heartedly agree with this sentence. When I heard him say that I was just thinking wtf is wrong with you?? Underrated comment, that was so uncalled for and I'm disgusted. This poor woman just suffered so much throughout her life but it's good to know that her grandfather can no longer harm anyone else.
@annethompson488611 ай бұрын
I think many people were thinking the same.
@ginasabellichi304311 ай бұрын
Literally…. This kind of response from people alone is TRAUMATIZING. It’s a lot to go through life as a victim taking on the guilt and shame of the predator. It’s these kinds of reactions that can keep people suffering in their own head.
@asiansweetboy11 ай бұрын
It's not characteristic of him to ask stuff like that but yes i wish he had phrased that differently
@tealeafs382411 ай бұрын
Why made you angry? It's about taking accountability as a victim. Children can't defend themselves, but if you're an adult and you know things are fucked up, you should take action, otherwise you are part of the abuse. People take "it's not your fault" (unless you are a child) too far, that's why these people don't seek any help, but continue to get involved in same toxic relationships and pile up trauma.
@pamelawilliams66963 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story. I was a victim of child hood sexual abuse from my grandfather fro the age of 5 until 8. I turned 9 in October, he died in November and my Dad started sexually abusing me in December and that lasted until I was 12 1/2. I finally told my Mom when I was getting ready to turn 17. The next day she took me and dropped me off at the state mental hospital because she told me I was the one who needed to get out of the house. I had siblings and she wanted to protect them because if anyone knew they would be taken away. After 2 weeks she picked me up after telling detectives that I didn’t want to file charges. My parents made me quit school because they didn’t want to tell them the truth as to where I had been. It was kept quite and never spoken of again. I am 49 now and 2 years ago,I told my husband. I have seen a therapist at least 2 days a week since then. I know what she is going through it’s not easy. My parents are still married and none of my family has any contact with me. I may have lost them all but I have and I am still finding myself. I am on my way to becoming a mental health counselor to help survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Thank you for your courage to speak!
@kimturek96373 жыл бұрын
OMG ... you are a survivor... thanks goodness you finally told somebody...live your life with not regrets and thank you for sharing and the work that you do
@kjc47793 жыл бұрын
I pray for everyone who still suffer to this day. ❤
@pennyfleming30063 жыл бұрын
You’re very courageous. And you are, by the sounds of it, the first one to break the chain of hidden family abuse. Thats a tough load to bear. But i can absolutely, 100%, tell you that because of you other victims in your family will follow you. You have quite literally opened the escape door for others. I know this as a professional in the mental health field as well as the same actions of my mum in her family. You have started a process that can now never be locked up in secrets and lies again. That makes you an extremely brave hero. Extremely brave.
@jamespollock113 жыл бұрын
Excellent vocation. Your skills are needed in our hypocritical society.
@senorita03493 жыл бұрын
Pamela, your hubby gives u all love u need. I wish u will help more people to get a better life.
@sentb57443 жыл бұрын
She dissociated more times than I could count. You could visibly see her check out. The brain does that to survive trauma. My heart just breaks for her.
@cherie77253 жыл бұрын
Yeah her saying it felt like a dream, it didn't really happen, is classic derealization. It's heartbreaking.
@sickmade8013 жыл бұрын
Yes I see it too
@Buddhest3 жыл бұрын
Yall, I just seen that. An you can see it too. She disconnecting life.
@princessjones343 жыл бұрын
🥺🙏🏾
@starbright98783 жыл бұрын
I feel that I do the same thing I was sexually abused from 9 till 17 I moved out at 17 and don’t want to and the comments didn’t stop till my step dad died .. at 15 my stepdad son rape me.. my mom committed murder my dad went to prison for molesting his niece.. the story goes on and on I do the samething as her
@VerticalGastricSleeveSuccess Жыл бұрын
Star is one of the top interviews. Her honesty and pure raw transparency is unreal. This woman needs a book/movie deal
@sunsetstormx11 ай бұрын
No she does not need to put this in a movie. She needs to heal and she needs people around her that will love her and accept her and help carry her through this. She doesn't need to be exploited anymore.
@msay459611 ай бұрын
Agree. Best interview I have ever seen really. She's 💯 raw and real
@lisaaxe906210 ай бұрын
I often wonder how Star is doing now. Her interview has always haunted me…
@QueensNewYorkguy8 ай бұрын
@@lisaaxe9062so you see paw paw in your dreams at night tugging away at your nightgown? Lol she could be lying for all you know
@lisaaxe90628 ай бұрын
@@QueensNewYorkguy not quite🙄
@Subbygirl Жыл бұрын
her protecting her 5yr old baby cousin is heroic to me, and i wana hug her for taking up all that pain and anger and keeping him away from her, may God bless her life now, she's beautiful and I would accept her as part of my family any day
@madisonsherwood62203 жыл бұрын
“I froze like I was 5 again.” That broke my heart.
@melissameeks373 жыл бұрын
Exactly :(
@TheJulianna02293 жыл бұрын
In these interviews the interviewer always refers to rape as the victim “having sex with...”and it’s so wrong.
@Ch3lRae3 жыл бұрын
THIS 👏🏼
@iAmNothingness3 жыл бұрын
so does society with men being raped.. it's wrong yes.
@ayedone3 жыл бұрын
it could be he doesn’t want to say that word if they don’t use it first
@maggiekovach19713 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU
@christa5263 жыл бұрын
He was also repeating back to her in her own words so that he matched her emotionally. Remember he is interviewing, not doing therapy. It is not his role to correct her language.
@WhiteWolf-ni4yr5 ай бұрын
Mark, my dude. I enjoy your work but that was a massively fu*ked up question to ask her. The one about her being 20. Jesus, man.
@gwynetha.37325 ай бұрын
Given the mature themes that Mark has chosen to interact with on a daily basis for this SWU project, you'd think he would ask more mature questions than, "if you're 20 years old, how do you let your grandfather get away with this?" You can argue all day that he's playing devil's advocate and just trying to challenge the interviewees so he can get the best content possible, but I really don't think the ends justify the means. Star gave Mark so much information and heartbreakingly beautiful reflection in this video; he didn't need to say that to her. Victims are already made to feel like the abuse is their fault from every angle, so to lull her into a false sense of security by providing a safe space to share her experience and then imply that she could have stopped her abuse any time if she really wanted to--I just think mark can do better and his interviewees deserve better. God knows they've been through enough before he gets there.
@nicoleclavel3876Ай бұрын
so true!
@shannontannehill8209Ай бұрын
Mark doesn’t respond. Pu$$y he needs to go through to understand it I guess….. pretty sad he wants to hear about it but not appreciate it for the rawness and vulnerability she’s delivering this with and he’s so rude. Sad
@jennysissom79243 жыл бұрын
Women that can go through this type of stuff and can still get up, get dressed are the TRUE superwomen.
@sugarandspiceandeverything15363 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@Boeing-oy6kw3 жыл бұрын
Well put. This just breaks my heart.
@lndingalle96053 жыл бұрын
Well most do drugs which is how and why they get up but ok.
@MrOCIndieMusic3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@robinjoy27893 жыл бұрын
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@SarahMaeofMaeGal2 жыл бұрын
You broke the cycle, Star. You saved your kids, helped your cousin, and helped any future kids your "grandpa" could have hurt.
@toegh2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't she have had saved her kids if she hadn't had them? The more I watch these videos the more I feel we are able to solve a lot of the world's problems by bringing fewer humans into it... :-(
@dwade63222 жыл бұрын
Sarah well said.
@sallyann9852 жыл бұрын
@@toegh this is the fourth comment I found in the past two days that was trying to push an argument either for or against abortion. Are y'all bots? Three of your other comments on this channel are about that. Change the tune.
@toegh2 жыл бұрын
@@sallyann985 I am an antinatalist, I don't think I mentioned abortion, I am pro vasectomy.
@sallyann9852 жыл бұрын
@@toegh yes, I had a sense that you were antinatalist.
@kuchikibyakuya939610 ай бұрын
I have watched a good number of the videos on this channel but this was deep: the flat calm tone of her voice, the lack of tears vs the story and the pauses... I pray for good days ahead for her and her family.
@bigone4311 Жыл бұрын
"Secrets keep you sick." Too true. Thank you
@yellowmoon45642 ай бұрын
YES!
@88osprey3 жыл бұрын
Don’t ever call it “sex”... it’s rape. People refuse to say rape because it makes them uncomfortable... and it should... because it’s the worst thing you can do to another human.
@honeybsweet42293 жыл бұрын
I think it's 'one of the worst' things you could do to a human tbh
@honeybsweet42293 жыл бұрын
Not to take away from what it is which is horrific
@JohnSmith-su3ze3 жыл бұрын
Who the fuck are you to dictate what other people should or shouldn't say? Your arrogance is off the charts
@honeybsweet42293 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-su3ze I never said they couldn't say it nor did I invalidate what they said. I added my take on it. You can say "no one asked you" but it's KZbin which is much like a public forum so fuck you right in your fucking face. 😁
@letmecatchyouslippin24253 жыл бұрын
Actually the worst thing is Hypocrisy. Norm anybody?
@KiaaSimone3 жыл бұрын
Her grandmother would sleep with one arm on him just to make sure he wasn’t messing with her children...... but wouldn’t leave his ass alone to make sure he wasn’t messing with her children.......
@jenrich1113 жыл бұрын
Yeah, not good enough hey
@MoLikeJesus_3 жыл бұрын
Same thing I was thinking like you had to know something was going on...
@mrs.garcia69783 жыл бұрын
You mean Gma wouldn’t leave him? Yeah I know 😭💔
@Beetwate3053 жыл бұрын
I just remove my wife’s hand slowly, works every time
@kimmy47143 жыл бұрын
@@Beetwate305 I honestly hope & pray that what you just said you said in a very dark comically twisted way, & if so sure I get the 'joke', however in all honesty what & where in pedophilia/sexual abuse/rape/incest is there any room for making jokes out of something that is so depraved, & where it leaves in its wake victims whose lives are forever changed & destroyed, some of those victims are left with seeing no other option other than suicide form the horrific side-effects that these people eveyone from little children through to adults. Such a skewed fucked-up remark such as yours has no place within such a horrifically heartbreaking topic such as this one. The decent thing would be is to apologize for any offense, because I your comment offended me.
@CherylAWehnert Жыл бұрын
This interview is too hard for me. I am a incest survivor and I cannot get through this interview. I wish Star the best and I am really sorry this happened to you.
@martinyeriksson6 ай бұрын
I am sorry to hear that Cheryl
@mikeaultz14006 ай бұрын
I dated a girl when I was a teenager so was she.her dad S/A from very young up untill she was 15 years old. She told me what happened to her. I turned him in.she said her mom would not believe her,and he threatened her.
@Kayjuneoh5 ай бұрын
Sending you love and comfort Miss Cheryl ♡
@stefdiazdiaz70675 ай бұрын
Incest survivor sounds weird, probably you mean rape survivor (because incest by itself is not usually deadly)
@noramay49545 ай бұрын
Wishing you healing as well as Star
@nelliefoxx133 Жыл бұрын
I honestly could listen to Star talk all day! Even though her story is chilling and horrific, her eloquence and character shines a beautiful light on such a tragic story. Star, you are one strong woman who’s empowering, inspiring, and one badass survivor whose story will help so many people. ❤
@Biden6663 жыл бұрын
When she dissociated and had to ask him “can you please ask me a question” This is what crippling ptsd looks like after a life time of abuse. I pray she reads these comments so she can see what we see: A VICTIM she did nothing wrong she was conditioned - doesn’t matter if she was 21- she was still victimized and it was always rape. And she sacrificed herself to try to save her baby cousin. Not to mention the strength it took to break that generational curse , by saying “NOT MY BABIES” Keep protecting those babies star and keep loving yourself.
@childishgambimbo36943 жыл бұрын
Don’t tell her she’s a victim ??? She’s a person that things happened to sadly
@childishgambimbo36943 жыл бұрын
She’s a SURVIVOR!!!!!
@bellaa86633 жыл бұрын
@@childishgambimbo3694 god I hate people who be like “you’re not a victim you’re a survivor” like ik you have good intentions but seriously just stop. Yeah she’s a survivor but she is still a victim because it happened to her. She technically, by definition, and in any interpretation is a victim and you can’t change that by saying she’s not or saying she’s a survivor. They’re two things that don’t have to be exclusive.
@garyallen14733 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too, she learned how to shut off parts of herself.
@NikiBoBicki3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Horrific to see.
@renny4893 жыл бұрын
“It was so easy not to hit my son by I don’t understand why it was so easy for them to hit me.” That hurts so much, people are cruel. Edit: I know this is late and to some of you who went through this trauma, I’m so sorry you guys had to go through that but just know that you are still here and you are the strongest person no matter what anyone tells you, you never let your abuser win by living your best life and leaving them in the past and I hope you leave them in the past, it’s okay to think about them every once in awhile because we are human after all, if you still struggle please don’t be scared to talk to anyone, not just therapy but a close friend and if you don’t have anyone, hell you can talk to me and I’ll give you my sc. take care of yourself guys :)
@reeewhydoihavetochangethese3 жыл бұрын
This right here is so heartbreaking.. She seems like such a sweetheart.
@nickc86673 жыл бұрын
I know this exact feeling. I have a lot of empathy for this woman.
@emmanuellebeau52313 жыл бұрын
This woman should get into creative writing or something. She has a beautiful way of presenting an absolutly ugly side of humanity.
@heidigone3 жыл бұрын
@@robertmacnaughton4190 I'm sorry you've suffered so much abuse. I will keep you in my prayers.
@meredithheath52723 жыл бұрын
@@robertmacnaughton4190 Many of us who have gone through trauma are told to "get over it" by others, who have never been through much of anything horrendous. They're too stupid to care
@momof2plusotaku6576 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for talking about the ugly part I’ve never verbally said to anyone. My abuser was my dad and I know I have to address this disgust and shame with myself that I hated it and didn’t want it, but he made sure I enjoyed it…. And that’s the first sexual experience I had. I can tell it was hard for you to get hat out but it felt so liberating hearing someone else say it
@speziramen25995 ай бұрын
As a victim, I feel like I’ve never seen another adult talk about being abused like this. It hurts and at the same time feels so good to not feel completely alone with this sort of thing
@leigiesven26313 жыл бұрын
She didnt "let this happen" it's so insensitive to say, you owe her an apology for that.
@johnnabb25663 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe he worded it that way, beyond insensitive and after she has just sat there and bared her soul.
@oeu36693 жыл бұрын
I felt SICK...
@dreydenwhelan88243 жыл бұрын
she did let it happen.
@davidhalter37693 жыл бұрын
🤦🏽♂️
@zombiegoddess15243 жыл бұрын
@Dakota Matos seriously?
@Naejakire35 ай бұрын
I just don't understand why any mother would let their child be around the person who molested them. This man harmed his own kids.. Stars mom and her mom's sisters.. And so the mom let star be around him? And if the baby cousin prosecuted, that means the sister did too. Why?? Why would you ever let your child be around a monster who is intent on harming them?
@tankgurl87 Жыл бұрын
"He's just a man that could bend other grown men to his will. If you've never had anyone in your life like that, it's hard to understand"- I have never related more. I hope this woman truly forgives herself. You always feel like it's your fault. Self love, honey. I hope you find yours. You are not alone.
@jadielue2 жыл бұрын
Being this vulnerable so publicly is breathtakingly profound and brave. I hope she finds peace
@sinceresong99072 жыл бұрын
Exactly!! My God...it was captivating and moving. Her description was profound.
@interestingvideos4me2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but I guess we should know more about how the interviewees are recruited and how consent for their videos is negotiated. I am a little worried that what we are witnessing is an act of emotional exploitation of people who are already very vulnerable. I very much hope I am wrong...
@sammyocean31562 жыл бұрын
@@interestingvideos4me I hope so too. I think just from watching some other videos that he is genuine. He allows the person to tell their story in full candor. The way that most of it is uncut I believe shows that. The strength in this women is unbelievable
@caribman102 жыл бұрын
Next to murder, incest is man's worst crime. But the idea that this monster raped his own daughter and then raped his daughters' daughter - who likely was HIS daughter - is staggering. She never actually says what the 23 test said...and believing that he had a vasectomy because he said he did sounds like more of his bullshit.
@demetriuscooksey71472 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was gonna say. I hope she can continue to put one foot in front of the other, and for the sake of her children as well as hers, get the professional help that she needs.
@katies3991 Жыл бұрын
You broke the cycle! You got away, made sure your kids were never exposed to this, and helped put this man away. You are strong and we are celebrating you!!
@whatsupeveryone Жыл бұрын
She is so so strong
@Alex-ns9wk Жыл бұрын
I actually didn’t notice it but I believe you
@smoon521709 ай бұрын
Thank you for your bravery . It took me 14 yrs. To get my daughter away from her dad and grandmother ,they had been sexually abusing her from the age of newborn to age of 9 which I was unaware of. I thought at the time I was just getting her out of a home that was as fasting with drugs and evil people. I didn't find out that all in this occurred until my daughter was 10 the courts continue to try and make me send her to visitation when I was just requesting an advising the courts that it was a drug house but will only hold. They were sexually abusing her and humiliating her. So on. My is 17 now! I have been taking her to counseling since she was 3 years old. It's so sad because the victim always feels like it's their fault. You must have done something wrong to serve it. That's what these predators do. Like she said in the interview or good at what they do. I had no clue that was going on. They brainwashed her so bad and put fear in her so bad that she didn't tell me anything. Like I said until she was 10 because her little brain put it in the back of her head because she couldn't cope. As soon as I found out I called the DA they did nothing about it. They said we don't have enough evidence. I said you don't have a 13-year-old here. Willing to sit on stand and explain everything that she went through. To just day she's still in counseling she's very traumatized. Continue to try to find ways to help her. I I went through similar situation with my biological dad whom I wasn't raised with. When I reconnected with him when I was 21. She started doing things that were borderline and I was just write it off as I was overreacting. Anyone out there here read this and is going through the same thing don't feel like it's your fault. Say something? Do something. Keep saying something and tell somebody does something to help you . There are some people that are so evil awful there are so People are still out there and God knows who else their abusing sexually mentally. Special thanks to the host as well as star for telling her story because it takes people like us to continue to put it out there so people can stick up for themselves. I understand her people hurt people.I was abused by my mom physically and mentally for so many years and I never did the things that my mother did to me to my children. Us victims of these horrific actions need to stand up and speak up for the little ones and the big ones that don't know or understand. We need to teach our children. Unfortunately that there are several ways that people will try to situate abuse you and make it seem like it's okay ❣️ ❤ Be safe star. Continue to tell your story. It will help others.
@rickiericktv33209 ай бұрын
2 yrs old! 😢
@niggachan716 ай бұрын
💯% agree
@valbesh9 ай бұрын
Is there any update on Star ⭐ ? Its been almost 2 years, she's so strong and full of hope in this video... I pray for her! Love her sooooo much ❤
@jayme114755 ай бұрын
Currently she is battling a nasty addiction. Her mom is on TikTok and she was sober for a few months and had her own channel but unfortunately relapsed. She is currently living with her sister. Her life has been very traumatic but she is a beautiful soul.
@michby5 ай бұрын
@jayme11475 I’m so sorry to hear that but I think that addiction would be the only way I could survive on this earth after being through all she has suffered. I’d be an addict too. I hope she can find the peace and healing she deserves.
@sharlenelisanne1126Ай бұрын
@@jayme11475 What is her TikTok? Thanks in advance.
@karlitaaa26895 ай бұрын
i really don’t like the way the interviewer is asking questions you would think people who are this brave and decide to open up deserve more empathy when asked about their trauma
@4eyes2sea3 жыл бұрын
"Secrets keep us sick" and the truth will set her free. She did it! She let it all go right here, and now she's free. So beautiful and real. Thank you, Mark for giving her the chance to do it. *hugs*
@julians72683 жыл бұрын
We can hope. I dont think she is ever going to be fully free. Some pain is eternal.
@chanted15583 жыл бұрын
Sry, that's NOT HOW IT WORKS! That comment is so blissfully ignorant I'm almost sorry to tell you otherwise......but it's nowhere near that easy!
@AliciaM55553 жыл бұрын
@@chanted1558 you would be wrong. Secrets DO keep us sick, speaking, writing and working through them can indeed heal us. It's alchemical. That is why therapy works.
@pamelastates56003 жыл бұрын
@@chanted1558 “ @ yes Chaunte Williams she needs more then mark platform to speak her truth to Get the professional help she truly NEEDS!! This maybe be a 1st step but if people think oh she can just come on mark ch say her truth and Oh she is healed!! And feels better!! Etc etc they are so wrong !! This lady needs yrs of really help, she has A lot of work ahead of her!! I pray she gets the professional help she needs. She has ALOT OF WORK TO PUT INTO HERSELF IF SHE EVER WANTS TO EVEN GET/feel a little normal. I pray she finds some peace, but u can hear it in her voice SHE IS BROKEN!!! God bless her. I have worked with the homeless since 2004, I’ve seen may of women like her, her story, her life, etc I work with street kids age 16-30 yr old , I’ve seen /heard skit over the yrs. some never get the help they truly need. Sometimes the damage is too much . Etc sending her love& prayers 🙏🏽, Love, Light& Healing 🙏🏽🦋💙🇨🇦
@fallenstar77763 жыл бұрын
@Deshaun Hairston 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@lilithnox59553 жыл бұрын
Stockholm syndrome is one of the saddest things... the fact that she blames everything on herself and hopes SHE can be forgiven. And the way she loved him to the end. Its heartbreaking.
@toniblanche6833 жыл бұрын
I literally said the same thing. That sick fucker still had a hold on her and it makes me so sad for her.
@FailingArtist3 жыл бұрын
I struggle still with Stockholm. It never goes away. I hope with more time that it will fade
@MangelBanselmo3 жыл бұрын
@@FailingArtist sorry hope you find what you need to give you the strength to overcome it.
@A.n0neeM0usee3 жыл бұрын
She even says that if she could have a father figure. She just wanted a man to not beat her, to protect her, as sick and sad, love her. He groomed her. She also repeatedly says how he is charismatic and larger than life. Heartbreaking 😥
@tobyihli94703 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing up Stockholm syndrome. You are 100% correct, and somebody needed to say it. On another note, though, I truly believe she could have shot and killed him, whether during the commission of a rape or not, and she would be in the right. I’m afraid, as I’m sure she was, that it’s not a sure thing in front of a jury. I pray, “Oh Mighty God, please bring her peace, in Jesus name I pray. Amen.”
@victoriat771621 күн бұрын
I’m so thankful Star is still here, this is one of the strongest women I’ve ever listened to speak. I hope she reads these comments and knows that everyone who’s heard her story loves her immensely and is here for her and the other young women in her family with open arms. Ps. It makes me so sad to hear she felt she wasn’t beautiful, the entire time I watched her I felt like she just radiated beauty from the inside out, truly a special soul.
@pablopicassoescobar1164 Жыл бұрын
So sad she had to go through type of torture and torment as well as the stockholm syndrome she experienced. A survivor is an understatement and hope she truly finds peace in a world that did her so wrong.
@matthewcioffi63852 жыл бұрын
There is a lifetime of sadness behind this woman's eyes. My heart breaks for her.
@ivanrussell30832 жыл бұрын
She was a grown ass woman she knew what she was doing!
@matthewcioffi63852 жыл бұрын
@@ivanrussell3083 She was raped repeatedly by someone who knew what they were doing and should have had the human decency not to do such a thing. She is the victim here, not a willing participant in the act.
@ivanrussell30832 жыл бұрын
@@matthewcioffi6385 nah bruh in your 20's she was a "Willing Participant " like she said he didn't physically force her she chose to continually have sex with her Grandfather! He's is a predator yes but she has to take responsibility for her part!
@ThiccBoi232 жыл бұрын
@@ivanrussell3083 wow. Victim blame much? What is wrong with you
@abbieleigh40492 жыл бұрын
@@ivanrussell3083 you can’t control anything as a kid
@olives65633 жыл бұрын
This isn’t incest, this is rape. Very poorly worded questions, and lots of re-traumatizing. I know this is journalism, but the questions where worded very poorly. She didn’t “let it happen.” She was raped. It wasn’t sex. It was RAPE.
@rachelnewport17403 жыл бұрын
He is mirroring her own words back to her, he is actually meeting her emotionally by using the language that she used to describe the situation, if she uses the word sex and he says the word rape do you know how triggering that can be for a victim! We all know she was raped but that’s not the word she’s used herself to talk about it so mark is actually being very sensitive in this situation.
@goatvxx3 жыл бұрын
It’s still incest
@sircabooci45063 жыл бұрын
This isn't journalism. This is sensationalism.
@rachelnewport17403 жыл бұрын
@@sircabooci4506 its definitely not journalism you are right about that
@rachelnewport17403 жыл бұрын
@@sircabooci4506 when you incentivise prostitutes and drug addicts with money to 'encourage' people to tell their story that is exploitation
@cherishchee Жыл бұрын
It’s heart-wrenching to hear these stories of abuse. It seems clear to me that her drug problems were her way of escaping the severe trauma caused by her grandfather and her father. I pray that she and the other survivors in this channel find healing in this lifetime.
@BEKYH83Ай бұрын
Bring back this kind of interviews! They are helpful for people who are going through the same thing!
@mollyking13873 жыл бұрын
I can tell she is very practiced at choosing her words and tone so she doesn’t say the wrong thing or come off the wrong way. NOT in a lying way. In a survival way. We can spot our own 😞
@GiggleFishy3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can also tell in the way she sounds very matter-of-fact about it, with no real emotion most of the time. I always wondered about that about myself in therapy, how I could tell so many horrible, painful things in such a matter-of-fact way, and I think it's in some way a part of the distancing you have to do mentally and emotionally in order to survive.
@cassiespangler15873 жыл бұрын
Amen
@candyhelms61923 жыл бұрын
❤️
@cassandraharris4423 жыл бұрын
We experience this because we experienced trauma at such a young age. I dissociate easily when I talk about the things I have been through. It's a coping mechanism that we developed as a child when trauma was occuring.
@defstrikem27433 жыл бұрын
“We CaN sPoT OuR oWn”
@catteo28323 жыл бұрын
"Not my kids" I hope Star realizes how actually strong and important she is. Girl had the strength to break a chain of abuse that spanned generations despite everything she went through
@yourseductions12153 жыл бұрын
Idk if I’m dumb, but I didn’t understand what she meant by that statement?
@catteo28323 жыл бұрын
@@yourseductions1215 She mentioned her grandfather also abused her mother and aunts, and cousin. Star really helped break the cycle when she refused to let him be a part of her children's lives and to support her cousin in the trial
@yourseductions12153 жыл бұрын
@@catteo2832 Ooohhh okay. Thanks for the clarification.
@johndogwater Жыл бұрын
I love her voice, she's so calming.
@susandavis9036 ай бұрын
Her voice is not expressive of calm. It’s completely flat and devoid of emotion. In order to tell & relive the trauma she must compartmentalize it, keep her feelings & fear buried deep, and distance herself from it. It’s a very primal coping mechanism.
@terrytownsend55832 ай бұрын
She’s depressed
@nicoleclavel3876Ай бұрын
@@susandavis903shush. her voice is pretty and calming to me
@kitty_machine845 Жыл бұрын
I relate heavily to that “I’m the common denominator” comment she made. When I was 18 my dad lost his temper with me and physically abused me, after that I had to leave home because I called the cops on him and then he and my mother kicked me out of the house. Ever since then, every relationship I’ve ever been in has been physically violent. I’m so sick of the cycle and at this point I’m terrified of having even gentle arguments with anyone because I’m afraid they’re going to lose their cool and snap on me, and next time I might not come back from it. Stay strong Star. You’re beautiful and intelligent and you have people rooting for you 🩵
@melaninmagiq17813 жыл бұрын
Its sad that at this point she’s blaming herself for the sick bullshit that the men of her life put her through. You can hear the pain in her voice
@KimchiiQueen3 жыл бұрын
Yeah she has the empty hollow persona of someone who never or hardly felt love. Certainly not unconditional
@kimmy71473 жыл бұрын
@@maibster hey, next time, shut the fuck up lmao
@katelynsinger79443 жыл бұрын
@Joe Dick What is wrong with you? She should blame herself a little bit for her grandfather raping her? She was a CHILD. How do you think that trauma and abuse impacted her as an adult? You are incredibly sick and twisted. NOTHING EVER makes that behavior even a little bit okay. NOTHING.
@KimberlyHarge3 жыл бұрын
@@maibster I see Ted Bundy has entered the chat room, smh
@user-je4eh9ht1k3 жыл бұрын
@@maibster wow dude. You're literally blaming a child for being raped and abused.
@Ggravezz Жыл бұрын
I am an incest survivor. Thank you so much Star❤️ That is the first time I have ever written that sentence. You inspired me. You made me feel not alone. I am 57. I’m smiling rn bc of how much better you made me feel about myself in the world. Love you!
@ladylynne8594 Жыл бұрын
OMG - I am writing it for the first time ... I am an incest survivor. Can you believe I feel guilty? now that I have written it? I am 61 years old!
@albin2232 Жыл бұрын
Much Love to both of you ❤
@coryd2668 Жыл бұрын
I am also an incest survivor! I am 64! It all seems so surreal after all of these years!
@ladylynne8594 Жыл бұрын
@@coryd2668 ❤️🙏 thinking about now I feel so violated and abused. My heart goes out to all that went through this
@bobboberson6664 Жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for all of you I'm a father of two young girls and a young boy and never in my wildest nightmares could I imagined inflicting anything like this on my children I will pray for you all and I hope that you truly find the piece that you deserve God bless
@gennibee5 ай бұрын
Star, if you ever read this please know that this was NOT your fault. NONE of this was your fault. Your family was extremely dysfunctional and sick. My heart is broken for you. God bless.
@annabrandt26282 ай бұрын
This made me cry, I just want to hug her and tell her that she's a wonderful, brave and very worthy woman. I wish nothing but the best for her.
@sirdopaminesjournal32923 жыл бұрын
It was all manipulation. Star's grandfather knew she had low self esteem, that she was abused, that she battled drug addiction, that she had no place to stay, and that she needed to stay clean to see her son. He gave her what she needed, food, clothes, shelter, encouragement, even love. He told her all the things she needed to hear... just so it would be easier to violate her later. He was a sociopath.
@StacyLightnerStudios3 жыл бұрын
Exactly.. So sad.. Wishing the absolute best for this beautiful young lady.
@sexyhotsiren71183 жыл бұрын
Yes well said 👏
@lisamariealaniz75383 жыл бұрын
Sick and disturbing but true
@frog35362 жыл бұрын
Agree
@elizabethbennet47912 жыл бұрын
BINGO
@ilva982 жыл бұрын
the fact that she got emotional about her grandmother forgiving her… as if it was her fault. my heart breaks for this woman. i hope she heals and finds the clarity to realize that she was only ever the victim. God bless her
@aprilpinkelton43852 жыл бұрын
You can tell there is confliction within her about if it was her fault or not. She says she could have said no, but that's not the story she told. She wants to blame herself. But, sir is very much a victim of a monster. She should be the one forgiving get grandmother, not asking for it. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but as a Mother of two daughters and a woman who has survived physical, and SA. I couldn't stay with a man or stand by a man who was doing this to my daughters for any reason. I would be homicidal to be perfectly honest.
@violetsvisionscat33992 жыл бұрын
@@aprilpinkelton4385 same here. If anyone touched my daughter?!? They'd be roasting in a pit of fire after I surgically removed his "wares"!
@louisee212 жыл бұрын
Guilt is common among the feelings victims go through. It's a long process, it needs to be expressed and respected as such, at least in the beginning, or else the victims will feel furthermore misunderstood and that their feelings are inadequate and not worthy of being shared. This testimony is really helpful for me as a psychologist in France, I wholeheartedly thank Star for sharing her experience with us, for other victims to dare and speak about incest even as adults, and for mental health professionals.
@l.k.33042 жыл бұрын
Bless her
@Buhhhhhh-xi4ju2 жыл бұрын
@@violetsvisionscat3399 you type like you make money for amazon
@CatsNGalaxies5 ай бұрын
"I'm the common denominator" made me pause the video because that hit so hard. That's literally what I sound like. And I'm finally on the other side. I always wondered why things always happened to me, why I couldn't have an ounce of normality. It's just a little jarring to hear my own feelings put into words like that.
@taliahbucklesАй бұрын
mark you don’t ask questions like that, that is so disrespectful.
@zeddyfilly3 жыл бұрын
It’s all r*pe. Her mom fought back and it was r*pe. Star may have been complicit - still r*pe. Being complicit is not consent, in fact it’s self protection and freezing is 100% a trauma response. Also to ask “you were 20, weren’t you old enough to stop it?” As if when you turn 18 you magically transform into an empowered advocate for yourself that can stop generational incest. This woman is incredibly strong and I hate that she blames herself whatsoever but I unfortunately understand why.
@raynnamality5672 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭
@suziq59582 жыл бұрын
#FACTS
@nw2532 жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying this. Victim shaming/blaming is the worst and I cringed when he asked her that question. There are so many layers to the response an individual has to sexual abuse, there should be no judgement.
@kimberlynndavis16722 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I needed to hear this
@moonpie79822 жыл бұрын
Her cousin prosecuted the monster!!
@shistersclub25753 жыл бұрын
she’s trying to make it clear then her mom was actually raped but she was raped too and it’s making me sad she doesn’t see the two situations as the same. they were both raped.
@dovechocolate88473 жыл бұрын
So were her aunts... :(
@Cherry-nu3uo3 жыл бұрын
I think she feels its worse because they were most likely raped as children and her mother is probably someone she loves more than herself.. it's so sad..
@dovechocolate88473 жыл бұрын
@@Cherry-nu3uo yea :(
@TrangLeville3 жыл бұрын
😢
@merandasouth35943 жыл бұрын
I believe it’s due to the fact that her mom was held down and such. To her that would be more traumatic.. he was going to do it either way, by her going along with it she could have saved herself a hell of a lot more hurt. She was also protecting her grandma and niece.
@CrimeSceneTape5 ай бұрын
This is one of the most gripping interviews. Not ashamed to say I’m back here watching AGAIN. Would love to get an update about her. I hope she’s killing it in life! Love and light. 💜💜💜
@thiziriii Жыл бұрын
" I love the good in him and I forgive the bad in him " Star , your story truly broke my heart . You carry so much saddness in you and francly you don't sesrve to carry on living like that . I wish you find true happiness and I hope you heal from all the damage done to you .
@angelah.34023 жыл бұрын
Omfg....she is crying about her grandma forgiving HER!! Honey...you did NOTHING WRONG!!! This breaks my heart. She is so traumatized.
@suz10173 жыл бұрын
Stars story is truly horrific and I completely agree with you but I can only think that in forgiving her grandmother, she was letting go of any anger she held for her. Yes, the grandmother knew what was going on but we don't know the full back story. None of us were there. Maybe she too had been abused by the grandfather before she was aware of him abusing his grandchildren and lived in silent fear as she didn't have the courage to leave. Star appears to be a very loving and caring woman with such a big heart despite being let down by the people who really should have loved and protected her the most. I admire her strength and honesty and wish her all the best for the future.
@Brittnybetch903 жыл бұрын
@@suz1017 she’s talking about her grandmother forgiving her. She is the victim. The grandmother should be asking for Stars forgiveness, not the other way around.
@leilacherradi34853 жыл бұрын
Yes. I was so stunned by that part. And although I don't want to infer anything, it is very very very very hard to believe that the grandmother did not know anything. Very hard. And I speak as a mother. How do you not see your kids and see that your partner goes away so often and the relationship between the kids and your partner? I don't see how that is possible and I would love to hear about this when it is proved to be true that the mom did absolutely not know (I'm not speaking about avoidance, or traumatic amnesia.)
@leilacherradi34852 жыл бұрын
@susan marshall Yes. Thank you dear. Afterwards I got that. I don't always understand everything that's said on these vids due to the accent. It's still very chocking.
@leahflower99242 жыл бұрын
When you are abused you will slowly believe its your fault and stupid family members will let you believe it's your fault
@britnywilson5402 Жыл бұрын
Star, your body has physiological responses with rape. You can have an orgasm and not be okay with what’s happening. There’s a lot of information out there about this happening and I hope you come across it. You can NOT blame yourself for what that predator did to you. No matter your age. I’m so sorry you went through this.
@albin2232 Жыл бұрын
Very, very true. Thanks for stating it.
@sheilaeagy3913 Жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for her. God bless her and heal her soul.
@kwpp711 ай бұрын
Yes, this is exactly right. So many rape survivors feel guilty and ashamed that they had an orgasm, but our bodies were designed to respond to certain stimulus. It's a purely physiological response. It's not the person's fault.
@kiaq115311 ай бұрын
yeah Involuntary orgasms are a common phenomenon in r*pes, especially systemic ones..not to mention the added morbidity of incest.
@BeckBeckGo11 ай бұрын
This was also my immediate thought when she said this.
@limaspecies7 ай бұрын
That's what a predator does, he looks for the perfect victim, the one who doesn't make a fuss when he tries to cross the limits with her or him, the one who remains silent for fear of changing the relationship with that figure who appears protective, flattering, kind and loving. Once they make the victim feel that they are giving them that love that they have not had, they become important, almost indispensable in the victim's life and only then do they attack. That man was not good, he only represented a character, he acted to be accepted by everyone and that if his victims spoke no one would believe them.
@giuliana777693 жыл бұрын
she was groomed . this man made her feel safe , while everyone around her was angry at her . she stayed because she felt like she had no other options i don’t get why it’s hard for people to understand that
@rnrpeg13 жыл бұрын
Lack of empathy is the only answer I could imagine.
@shineymcshine50263 жыл бұрын
her granddad treated her like a lady like she wanted to be. she felt a sense of....something, But it went away. She felt violated & disgusted--but at the same time, she loved her grandad and don't want to see him in a bad situation--so she kept having sex with him.
@TheOnlyOneStanding80793 жыл бұрын
@@shineymcshine5026 whoa
@kadeelacayo48063 жыл бұрын
@@shineymcshine5026 no , she didn’t have sex with him. He raped her. I agree with what you said but this was rape
@ashishbhoir34433 жыл бұрын
@@kadeelacayo4806 if it happend 1 or 2 time we can say that but more than 50/60 i don't know what it is...
@bananabread61483 жыл бұрын
How tf did that man only get 7 damn years when people are getting 10 for theft!?
@scarletsletter44663 жыл бұрын
I know right. & think how many years people get in certain states for minor drug offenses
@knockingonheavensdoor61023 жыл бұрын
7 years= The majority of laws were made by men. IMO that explains the lack of penalties for sex crimes in general. The men who commit these crimes, hide in plain sight & make our laws, run our churches, lead communities. How they are allowed to continue to remain in society at all is beyond me. Many more of these people exist than we can begin to see. The penalties for these type of crimes are such a joke. How can we trust society when the most vulnerable are not protected, but the abusers.
@bananabread61483 жыл бұрын
@@knockingonheavensdoor6102 for real though!!! I've seen local pedos get sentenced as low as 18 months! Meanwhile, their victims will have to carry the burden for the rest of their lives. It's absolutely beyond sickening
@booradley66733 жыл бұрын
Honestly, cases of sexual abuse and rape are very tricky when it comes to sentencing. Often there is no tangible proof of rape or sexual abuse so the jury must be convinced using testimonies of victims. Without proof, sentencing is usually pretty light, which is why he only got 7 years. However, with theft and drug offences, there is almost always proof (I.e. possession of drugs/stolen goods)
@booradley66733 жыл бұрын
@@knockingonheavensdoor6102 this is largely untrue in the way you are describing law. It is not as sexist as you are making it out to be. My other comment applies to both men and women. Perhaps reading it may help you understand why the penalties for sexual abuse are often so light
@Kayjuneoh5 ай бұрын
Her grandfather had her in such a psychological chokehold that it still holds part of her today. He didn't have to be physically forceful because he had her mind where he wanted her. I absolutely hate that man and dont know him from a hole in the wall. Star honey if you see this, you are so beautiful and brave! I appreciate you sharing your story with us. ❤
@MegaMjfreak11 ай бұрын
She doesn’t have any social media presence, does she? I would love to support her, at least with words, so badly.
@kenzih20273 жыл бұрын
She was failed by so many people. Her grandma, grandfather, mum, dad. Its so sad
@ghosty4263 жыл бұрын
@@intoodeepstl314 Beauty can be used as a weapon as much as a muscle bound man can use his strength.
@tacomasfinest50343 жыл бұрын
Mom
@kenzih20273 жыл бұрын
@@tacomasfinest5034 what?
@JessicaRodriguez-zy5gz3 жыл бұрын
Her auntie too 😩😿
@insidiousmischka3 жыл бұрын
“Not my kids.” So much strength in that one sentence.
@scorpionicrenee56113 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@itzfrosty37843 жыл бұрын
What did she mean by that I can’t lie it lost me....was she saying that she was carrying his child or what ???
@karoliinasaatpalu8323 жыл бұрын
@@itzfrosty3784 What she probably meant is that she would never let anything like that happen to her kids. He could take advantage of her but "not her kids".
@cococabane13 жыл бұрын
This!
@amandateague87633 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@maggifitzgerald96319 ай бұрын
This was so incredibly powerful. What a gentle, loving, STRONG woman she is!
@williamthomas52155 ай бұрын
“…it was probably the first worst mistake of my life…” goddamn immediately broke my heart. To think that she qualifies that as just the bare minimum is so sad.
@cheyennejordan7075 Жыл бұрын
The fact that she didn’t shed one tear until talking about her grandmother’s grief speaks so loudly
@rv70611 ай бұрын
It speaks of dissociation
@summerrain886411 ай бұрын
@@fauzianezam246 whoa! HTFU!!! That is NOT what is happening.... Obviously you've never had to go through s@xual assault... So shut your mouth about shit you don't even know about!
@sylwiakowalczyk32709 ай бұрын
Her grandmother knew what was happening. She was an enabler. I don’t believe the stories, where a woman says, that she didn’t know, what was happening with her daughters or grandchildren. A woman knows. Can feel it in the air. If you care about your kids, you just know.
@nildaluzrodriguez7 ай бұрын
Star said her grandmother forgave her as if her granddaughter was intentionally participating in hurting her grandmother for sheer enjoyment. What volumes does it speak that she was moved to tears by her grandmother's grief and not her own when Star is the one that underwent trauma at the hands of her pervert husband? We are talking about people who needed to protect her from a serious behavior and crime, knew the disturbing issues were happening, and did nothing. Does not THAT speak volumes for Star, girly? It's sick to assume the survivor has to feel sorry for the enabler's inactions and the perpetrators' disgusting actions. Grief? She should be angry at her grandmother feeling the need she wanted an apology from Star. So many excuses made for enables and perpetrators no wonder this stuff just keeps happening to young girls and boys all over the world. You keep turning a blind eye and/or feeling the need to empathize with the onlookers who did nothing, and yet expect an apology. F_ck that. Stars love and identity was smeared and robbed from her by perverts and the onlookers are just as perverted as the perpetrator. Period.
@Resist19817 ай бұрын
You're 100% right. Her grandmother had a responsibility to protect the other women/girls and she chose not to confront her POS husband because of her own selfish reasons. @@nildaluzrodriguez
@isabellel43523 жыл бұрын
I hope someone tells her that a body will respond even when you don’t want it to. What an honest, transparent testimony.
@thomasbeebe-wurzer30613 жыл бұрын
orgasms during rape aren't uncommon people can't control our bodily functions
@maddiedoesntkno3 жыл бұрын
@@bg5748 no. No no no. Not in this comment section-get out.
@maddiedoesntkno3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasbeebe-wurzer3061 this girl has been through so much. The fact that she chose a man that favours him-and keep in mind that this fellow _grew to favour him as he aged,_ as his beard grew in and such-maybe a large black overall man would’ve been her preference no matter what even if her grandfather had died before she was born, maybe she just prefers large black men and the overalls are incidental, maybe the attraction is totally influenced by unprocessed trauma, but who the fuck are we to judge after hearing what she’s been through?
@joshuaday39803 жыл бұрын
Im 45 years old today, I still feel the guilt and shame of being molested by mom for years and its hard to come to terms with the fact that yes it physically felt good but emotionally devasted me for life.
@aimeerebecca13 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaday3980 This is such an important comment. The “guilt and shame” is the killer. As if men being raped by women is somehow not real, because he is stimulated and orgasms. Those are involuntary. What a horrible thing you’ve had to fight against; having your truth invalidated even by your own mind. You cannot control your body with your mind if your mind and heart are being victimized simultaneously. Star’s physical response did not mean she wanted it to happen. And even if eventually her mind played tricks on her to desire it because of how she had to disassociate from her own self, she was victimized and it was still RAPE. Just as it would be for anyone being coaxed into it while being intoxicated. I cannot imagine the pain you carry, you have my deepest sympathies. But from the bottom of my heart, I hope you let go of this guilt and shame. It is keeping you in a prison. This was not your fault. It could never be your fault, NO MATTER WHAT.
@bug7635 ай бұрын
i wish you had a woman ask these kind of questions and have someone who is senstitive with these questions
@MediaFilter3 жыл бұрын
She's one of the prettiest, softest-spoken women I've ever seen. That combination seems to have been a curse on her life.
@dmbdana3 жыл бұрын
She’s mesmerizing to me. She is soft and beautiful and eloquent. I can’t NOT watch her speak.
@mokkche3 жыл бұрын
@Farang Explorer ...what the fuck?? anyway
@MsDaerhys3 жыл бұрын
No, the men in her life have been a curse on her and her sister. It's not her fault.
@t0kedtea5213 жыл бұрын
@Farang Explorer felt the need to say this for what tho
@luminarymani3 жыл бұрын
her beauty was NOT THE CURSE, the fact that she was surrounded by abusive men was the curse.
@imanikingel61033 жыл бұрын
So you mean to tell me this man touched EVERY SINGLE ONE of his grandchildren and children .... And the grandmother did absolutely nothing 😳 This is horrifying to say the least and she is the epitome of strong and beautiful.
@Fayefaye903 жыл бұрын
Yeah he would've been dead the 1st time he tried something with my child. DEAD.
@mollyking13873 жыл бұрын
When I finally told my grandma (who raised me and my sister and brother) that my cousin molested me, who she had watch me and keep me occupied, her exact words were and I’ll never ever forget them “that makes sense... he molested his sister too” I wasn’t sure what I was looking for when I told her but that wasn’t it. This lady being interviewed is as lovely and as pure of heart and soul as the driven snow. I would love to hold her until we both shattered and we could rebuild with out the evil of this world. To know someone is hurting a child and do nothing is the same as hurting the child yourself.
@lr93763 жыл бұрын
The only thing I can think of as a reason for her behavior (as a domestic abuse survivor myself) is that maybe she was allowing the abuse on the girls every now and then so that she could have a break. As AWFUL as that sounds, the wife usually goes through the same as the kids but it's more violent. I am in NO WAY saying those girls had it easy or deserved anything that happened to them. This whole thing is a long systematic line of abusive incest and it's all horrible. From an empathetic standpoint, as someone who has been through domestic violence myself, she may have been laying there in her bed as her husband did these things, fully knowing he was doing them and hating herself for not stopping him. There were times my husband physically abused the kids and I was outside the room shaking, praying he would stop, because the second I went in there he would beat the shit out of me. He didn't hurt the kids as much as he hurt me. Again, I'M NOT DEFENDING THIS BEHAVIOR. It is an absolute nightmare to live through and I'm so sorry these girls had to live with this asshole pedophile.
@lr93763 жыл бұрын
Something I should add is that a year ago I removed my kids and I from that situation. It isn't easy AT ALL, and I can understand why this grandmother didn't try to escape. It isn't easy for a woman to just start over, especially with children in tow.
@niggaublack55413 жыл бұрын
Women that date predators love to keep the cycle lasting for generations and generations they fight hard too protect the abusers and shame the victims
@ThinkTwice2222 Жыл бұрын
The funny part is she rationalized it because she has a unique ability to truly love... He saw that and took advantage. We all wish we had that much heart
@janedoe8005 Жыл бұрын
Funny, but not so funny. I understand. It's a horrible existence but she is a testament to the will of the human spirit...
@nicoleclavel3876Ай бұрын
I have a huge heart and have always attracted narcissists that just want to take advantage of my love and empathy. finally learning how to have boundaries in my 20s
@tiabeaniesemotionalsupportdmon4 ай бұрын
The interviewer literally said that she should’ve been able to protect herself at that age and stop what her grandfather was doing to her, but what he doesn’t realize is that she was protecting the little 5 yr old baby who was living there. Idk if there was no other place for her to sleep while she lived there, but by sharing a bed with that little girl, she made sure nothing happened to her at night. She’s a goddamned hero.
@1428monsterdrink2 жыл бұрын
When she said what happened to her mom was “honest to god rape” broke my heart. It’s as if she doesn’t think what happened to her was “honest to god rape.”
@manda-panda2 жыл бұрын
And it truly was rape. Every time.
@nope.thankies2 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldes1800 Nothing more violent than hurting a child that way...
@vegangurly2 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldes1800 rape is rape. Why are you categorizing it like one is more weighted than the other.
@vlad50422 жыл бұрын
@Connie Balmer not "god rape" ... "honest to god rape". basically "real rape".
@bogkazealijamislim59982 жыл бұрын
@@vegangurly trying to understand her perspective, not attempting to force his literary critique onto reality
@beccaa50863 жыл бұрын
Mark, the space you gave and weight of the silence throughout made this story probably the most touching and impactful one I have watched yet.
@marylougeorge98903 жыл бұрын
Yes. I get it was very difficult for him.😢
@jennifer-zs5wi3 жыл бұрын
I agree. His deafening silence for her to speak her peace made this one of his best interviews. Knowing when not to say something is an art in itself. Prayers in Jesus name for her and thank you Mark for allowing her the time she needed to speak.
@Linda-uz2lh3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same
@zenscout3 жыл бұрын
Indeed! As she said, "we need to have more conversations about this subject"...but we need a stronger Vocabulary to communicate rape and self deprecation, that would damn the 'taboo'.
@rattlesnakechick40853 жыл бұрын
yes thank you for not adding unnecessary or insensitive comments...sometimes you ruin the flow and mood
@626heatherb11 ай бұрын
This interview left me speechless. Star’s survival speaks to her strength and Her storytelling is unmatched. I hope she is well.
@hapyangl8211 ай бұрын
Her grandmother should be in jail too. 🤬
@owatson76482 жыл бұрын
Enjoying sexual assault or domestic violence is a coping mechanism to repeated trauma. Physically, your body is responding as bodies do when touched, regardless of if you want it. It's like being tickled, its an uncontrollable response. But mentally, the mind will often try to translate abusive relationships into positives, to cope with the overwhelming reality of the situation. Basically the brain tries to limit the stress response by sending enjoyment responses, but it's simply a harm reduction and survival technique. Similar to Stockholm syndrome. Plus orgasms send dopamine hits to the brain--regardless of if theyre consensual or not--thus the 'enjoyment.' Basically, it's a disassociation between the prefrontal cortex (conscious self) and the more primordial parts of our brain. Point being, it wasn't your fault and you have nothing to feel ashamed of. It's a common response. I hope Star sees this.
@knuthamsun61062 жыл бұрын
unfortunately the evidence for these subconscious ‘survival mechanism’ theories is scant. they are tolerated in psychiatry because they do help to relieve pain regardless of their scientific veracity. on the flip side, this kind of therapeutic theory immediately presents itself as goofy & casts an undeserved unscientific light on psychology & psychiatry in the minds of skeptics, measurably delaying therapy among victims of this nature. there is nothing about a child victim feeling momentary physical pleasure or even enjoying being violated by a perpetrator in general that either reassigns any blame to the child victim or absolves the adult from responsibility for these capital crimes
@owatson76482 жыл бұрын
@@knuthamsun6106 It sounds like you, specifically, have a problem with the complexity of victims' accounts. No one I know believes that these theories are goofy, and you're projecting your own issues here. And you're right that the research is scant, but as someone with a lot of history with victims of domestic violence, it's most certainly true (even if just in part). Aligning yourself with a predator to prevent further harm being done to you is called the 'fawn' response. If the abuse goes on long enough, this can morph into true feelings of affection despite the abuse. This is, in part, due to the brain's need for social connection, so if you're cut off from everyone but your abuser, then you must put your social needs onto the abuser. It's normal, but nonetheless a trauma response.
@owatson76482 жыл бұрын
@@yogatella I'm not a psychiatrist, though I do plan on going into the field. In the meantime, I've read a lot of books on trauma and neuroscience. I also have many many family members and friends who experienced sexual assault or domestic abuse, so unfortunately I am very familiar with the common trauma responses.
@owatson76482 жыл бұрын
@@yogatella Fyi, forgot to mention this, but I highly highly recommend "The Body Keeps the Score" by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk as a way to understand the complex neurobiological processes that occur during and after trauma. People often focus on the psychological parts of mental illnesses--and with good reason--while forgetting that the the way the brain is physically wired largely affects mental health. For example, after traumatic events, research has shown that the amygdala (the part of the brain that controls fear responses) can get up to 20% larger and significantly increases the number of receptors. All of this contributes to a common PTSD symptom known as hyper vigilance, and sometimes with medication this particular symptom can be alleviated. This is one of the reasons I'm interested in psychiatry, because with the right medicine and therapists, patients can really see their lives changed. I speak that as someone with PTSD, as well as many family members with PTSD as well. It's a fascinating subject, and I have the deepest sympathies for survivors like Star. And with the right treatment, life can get so much better for people like her.
@thebeardofgaming812 жыл бұрын
Same thing I just wrote, its a form of Stockholm.
@KhadidjaJouJou933 жыл бұрын
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