Affected by violence
it was about my life that has been affected by violence
How my life was affected by violence, Hi, hello my name is Nila and I am 20 years old and this is the story of how I was bullied and mentally,emotionally,physically abused by people I thought loved me. So where should we start? When I was 7 (an only child) I lost my parents to a crash in a snowstorm.My parents were both doctors (36 year old Lisa) (48 year old Harrold) and this day was supposed to be their day off to get sleep and spend time with me. Before they left they had the tiredest look in there eye’s, and on this specific night (May 9,2008) they unexpectedly got a call to come in as soon as they could, so they dropped me off at my grandmother's house (68 year old Annie) and told me they had to rush and perform and emergency surgery on one of there oldest client (86 year old Margret) who had a deadly tumor growing off her brain. The surgery lasted six hours, you're probably wondering how I would have known this stuff if i wasn't in the car, well after the surgery my parents were on the phone with me telling me how it went. They left around 8:30 pm and I didnt get a call until about 2:30 am. Me being the excited 7 year old I was ,I was waiting for them to come pick me up, but unfortunately they didn’t make it back. It turns out the snow had created black ice on the road which had caused theirs (black ford) and another car (white honda) to slide heads on (none of the passengers made it in my parents car or the other car). The sad thing about it was that I had just said bye and hung up the phone on them. A few hours later I didn’t get any more calls from them nor did they come to get me or call me grandmother. My grandmother was making breakfast for me and I turned on the news.What I saw was shocking, there were two cars crushed in the front and inside. Then the reporters showed all the passengers that died. My parents' face flashed across the screen declaring a fatal crash.I broke down and as I was crying my grandmother came and saw what I had seen on the Television, she turned it off and grabbed me in her arms crying trying to comfort me, 5 minutes go by and she gets a call, it tells her that the crash was my parents. After that trauma I lived with my grandmother for 6 years until she got sick (with cancer) and passed away. A week after the funeral (CPS) came and took me away to an Orphanage that was 500 miles away from my home. I stayed there for about a year until I got a foster home with (28 year old Addison) and (46 year old Bill). They had no kids and lived a average paying,and living life.They were nice for a week of my stay then they start acting as if I was the maid or house keeper of the house.If I didn’t do something right Bill would whip or beat me, if I spilled even a drop of water on the floor, Bill would whip or beat me and Addison just sat there or didn’t feed me for week. It went on like that for six months. I would go to school wear makeup or hid in my sleeves just to cover up the bruises I had.The caretakers of the orphanage came to visit and see how I was.They figured out that I was being abused.They took me away and put me back in the system and Bill and Addison went to jail. A few more months went past and I ended up in another home. I won’t go into detail about this home because of what happened but I will say I was physically assaulted in this home and at the end I ended back in the system.Two months (November 16) later it was my 15th birthday. I Spent it alone in sadness and depression at this point I wanted to end it all and the main point is that I didn’t tell anyone, but I knew ending it was for good.I went to the third foster home with (32 year old Milley) and her son (16 year old Millo). I choose not to open up to them. I started dressing in black and hanging with the wrong groups.I would sneak out, experimenting with drugs,stealing, contributing to gangs and crimes.I was like this for 2 years and my mom who adopted me still tried to get close and have a bond ,but I built a wall for my emotions and people. I wasn’t going to trust any one. One day (April ,21) the gang ( Splicer)(young teenage gang) that I hung out with was tied up in some deals with another gang. They ended up not paying anything and young 17 year old me was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I remember going to our usual spot then I heard gunshots (Bang) (Boom) (Bow) then all of a sudden I heard the gang around me and screaming in terror, “call the ambulance, call the ambulance!!!”.Then it went black. I woke up in the hospital to my mom and my brother. It turns out I was shot, not once but three times, one in my abdomen and one in the shoulder and one in the leg. It was too much pain to handle so I blacked out instead of screaming in pain.I was so surprised to see my mom there, she was screaming and crying in joy.I thought she hated me because I didn’t show her love. Two month after recovery my mom gave me a class to help with my depression and trouble and in that class we talked about what caused violence in our life and what we did that made it better. Now I am 20 years old, happy and better than I’ve ever been. P.S it’s fictional
What are the causes of youth violence?
Violence happens every day. Lots of people don’t know that other people are going through different violence everyday. Whether it’s being killed because of gangs and crimes or bullying and suicide or the internet ingenerall. These days most violence is caused by crimes and bullying and the internet because most people rather be followers instead of being good influencers. This is why people say don’t judge a book by its cover because you may not know why he/she are looking like this or acting like this. This person may look homeless but in reality they are homeless.
What can I do about youth violence?
First you can tell a trusted adult if you're a child also you try to ignore the situation. You can also contact mental health services or you can take a class to help with your challenges. You can contact the school and talk to a counselor.The most important thing about youth violence is you telling someone because if no one knows and something fatal were to happen to you or you were to do something to yourself , now no one ever knows and your reasoning for your fatality would be a mystery.Even if you don’t want to it is still important for you to get someone involved.
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It started off as a normal party at a cabin near the river, until all of our friends started going missing One by One. My name is Olivia Baker and I am one of the survivors of the cursed ouija board. The night started off as any other party night, loud music playing, people passed out on the couch or on the floor, even though this was my family's cabin I didn't really know my way around the place so I started to get lost until I saw my friend Luis Gaynor sitting on a bed. Luis was always not the type to go to parties but this time I made him go. I walked in the room and closed the door “Hey” I said “Hey”He said “Enjoying the party?” I said making my way to the chair next to the bed “Yeah im having such a good time with the care bears '' He said sarcastically. I laughed knowing he didn't really mean it, that's when i had the idea and said “Hey want to go down stairs and play a game I have a Ouija board “ No i'm good I heard they were cursed” He said “aww come on there no curse that's just a rumor to scare little kids” I said then i dragged him out of the bed and made my way down stairs. “ Hey everyone, want to play a game” I said as loudly as I could so people could hear my voice over the music. Some people said yes but some either ignored me or couldn't hear me. Me and the people that wanted to play formed a circle in the living room. We all put our hands on the planchette “so how do you play?” Lia said “ you put your hands on the planchette and ask the board some questions it's supposed to answer with yes or no or it spells it out,” I said “okay” Lia said, Lia was the first one to ask a question “am I going to be the prom queen this year?” she smirked thinking she already knew the answer. When the planchette suddenly moved , it said no “WHAT?!WHAT DOES IT MEAN NO”Lia said “there's no reason to shout, it's not that serious'' I suddenly regretted asking her to join,we played a little more, then suddenly the lights went out in the whole cabin. everyone started getting scared “what was that?” Luis asked, getting suspicious “nothing probably a shortage” I said. 3 minutes later the lights came on and Lia was gone ‘'where did Lia go ''? Katherine asked, getting scared “she probably didn't want to play anymore, it's okay” I said, trying to calm her. “Okay” She said worried about her best friend, when it was Katherine's turn she asked a question “am i going to pass the test on friday?” She asked, the planchette moved to yes ``yes!” She was happy about the answer. Then suddenly rain and thunder started coming down, but we ignored it for some time until it started getting worse and worse, but we still played “come on Luis it's your turn” I said “i still don't know about this, like what happened to Lia it might have been the Ouija boards fault she’s missing I heard once a girl played with her friends and they all were found dead the next morning” He said ”come on Lia isn't missing and even if she is its a dumb board games fault, now come and play with us” I said. “Fine but if you guys go missing just know I tried to warn you” He said “Can everyone just shut up and play? '' Mark said. Luis took his turn “where is Lia'' Luis said, the Ouija board started spelling the words out “C.H.E.C.K T.H.E. R.I.V.E.R ``'' it says check the river” I said. Mark went to go check the river, but he never came back “ everyone Marks been gone for a while now should we go check on him” Katherine said with a worried look on her face “okay” I said getting up “ no I’ll go I want to see Lia'' Katherine said “okay, be my guest” I said, it was only me and Luis left, “Shall we continue playing?” I said “what? !”No, you're crazy, our friends are out there probably dead’’ Luis exclaimed “shouldn't we go check on them” Luis said “Yeah you're right” I said feeling embarrassed. So we both got up and went outside. They were nowhere to be seen so we went to the river. That's when we saw the lifeless bodies of our friends floating away. ‘’They're Dead”!!! We both screamed . We ran back into the cabin and put up the Ouija board and called the police “911 whats your emergency” The lady on the phone said “yes we would like to report a somewhat murder” I said, Luis was next to me shaking with fear in his eyes. “Tell me what happened miss” She said “We were playing with a Ouija board and the lights went out and our friend Lia went missing so our other friend Mark went to check on her,but they didn't come back so our other friend Katherine volunteered to go get them. but she never came back. That's when me and my friend Luis went to go find them but when we found them, they were in the river floating with their lifeless dead bodies“ I said, stuttering a little out of fear. “Okay miss, can you give us an address?” The lady said “1335 east Canator ave '' I said “ Okay miss we will be right over '' The lady said. Once the police came they searched inside of the house and outside by the river they found nothing. They said the case will remain a mystery,and until this day the deaths of our friends still remain a mystery and still haunts me and Luis. Since that day I have never looked or even thought about a Ouija board.
By Ryah Dennard2 years ago in Horror
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