Tuesday 23 January 2018

Lady Goes Emotional Online: “I lost my virginity at 17 to gang rape, survived sudden blindness, and attempted suicide”

A social media user, Faith Amadi, has taken to her handle to share an emotional story about her life experiences and survival struggles. From what she posted on her wall, the challenges she had to overcome includes losing her virginity to gang rape at the age of 17, surviving sudden blindness, and surviving suicide attempts a few times.

I think her story is quite inspiring and can be useful to someone hurting out there. This is what the lady who is from Nigeria shared on her Instagram page, quite touching:


“My doctor once told me I may not live to be 21; I was 18 then. I had acute liver inflammation and ruptured appendicitis with hypoglycemia… I laughed. If I could survive an accident that left me in a wheelchair and crutches for a year at about 10 years old…

Survive the emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual pain of losing my virginity at 17 to gang rape and repeated molestation by trusted family friends. (Well, they said I could never be happy or loved by anyone except them, I wish they could See Me Now)…

Survive a sudden blindness caused by an unexplained spike in my blood sugar... Survive four suicide attempts (caused by the above), the last an overdose of drugs which led to the liver inflammation….

Then, I can survive anything. Needless to say, by a miracle I survived the appendectomy and my liver healed perfectly. My mom thinks I am a cat with nine lives, a girl after God's heart. After constantly being in and out of the hospital, facing near death situations, I can confidently say, I am not your everyday kind of girl. I have never been normal, but who needs normal when I can be abnormally me.

I know I am made to break records, I do it every day. Your future is not tomorrow, it's in the victories of everyday. You are not your past; you are whoever you think you are. Think wisely about yourself, for if you say you are a queen, a queen you are. Our journey in life will take different paths, respect your experiences and grow with them. It's not always rosy, after all even roses have thorns.”



That was quite inspiring. What do you think? Leave a comment below.


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