article_snippet.sent: I learned that culture
article_snippet.sent: and I was terrified the whole time I was in,' says Heather Davies (left), of Round Rock, Texas.
article_snippet.sent: I became obsessive about running and dieting; the more I exhausted my body, the less energy I would have to think about that,' reveals Debra Fowler, of Lowell, Massachusetts.
article_snippet.sent: I was three years old the first time I had a sexual experience with my grandmother.
article_snippet.sent: That continued until I was 17 years old.
article_snippet.sent: When I was eight years old, my stepdad and step-granddad started sexually abusing me, and in rather horrible ways.
article_snippet.sent: I grew accustomed to the fear of what would happen if I were caught.