CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

My Mother Read My Diary and My Father Beat Me for It

I learned I could leave my body during trauma

Debra Groves Harman
The Narrative Arc
Published in
7 min readMar 26
Photo by Small Town Korea on Unsplash

CW: physical abuse and rape.

As a child, I kept a diary. Into this diary went every feeling and event. This included a horrible incident that happened when I had a serious crush on a neighbor boy, two years older.

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Debra Groves Harman
The Narrative Arc

I'm a memoirist and a Boost Nominator! Come write with us at The Narrative Arc. My memoir "Love and Loss in Cambodia" available everywhere.