DEAR DEIDRE: MY vile brother has been sentenced to 20 years for abusing children under the age of five and abusing me until I was in my early 20s.
I am a 30-year-old single woman. My brother is 37.
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He abused me when no one else was around, usually when our parents were working and my other siblings were out.
For years I kept it to myself because I didn’t feel anyone would believe me.
I was so ashamed and I thought I’d be blamed.
Traumatised and depressed, I drank too much and even tried to take my own life once.
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It was only when my brother was caught that I could tell my family and the police what had happened to me.
I think I need to talk to a counsellor, but I don’t know where to begin.
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DEIDRE SAYS: I am so sorry to hear this.
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