I was abused by my primary school teacher. I was so ashamed. I wanted to tell my mum but thought she wouldn’t believe me because we didn’t have a good relationship – I was always very reserved and emotionally open; she is the total opposite and didn’t like me being different.
I repressed the abuse for years, but with recent news coverage on abuse it has come back again. I went to a counsellor and realised it’s not my fault, but I want to tell my mum. We now have a great relationship, helped by my moving out five years ago, but I wonder if I have a right to tell her. And I’m terrified that if I told her she might not believe me and it would destroy our now brilliant relationship.
Please could you advise me if/how to tell her what happened without making her hate me.
