Damaged

True life story
http://www.cathyglass.co.uk/damaged.html
*A true story about a relationship between an obese 8 year old girl called Jodie with behavioural and mental problems.

*Jodie had been fostered by many different carers but her behaviour was too difficult to handle, when she first arrived and Cathy's house she soiled herself and smeared faeces all over her face and walls.

*When she met new people she would kick them and be physically and verbally abusive towards them.

*Jodie was often found performing sexual acts on herself and her dolls and when questioned about this she explained that she was loving her dollies like her father had loved her.

*Jodie was also known to self harm, and would smear blood all over her body. When Cathy asked her if she could take a photo of Jodie, Jodie took her clothes off as this is what her father had asked her to do.

*Jodie was sexually abused by her mother, father, aunt's and uncle's.

*Jodie was told by her father that if she ever told anyone, the monster under her bed would bite off her arms and legs.

*Jodie set the family dog on fire in an attempt to set her house on fire, and upset her dad.

*As Jodie grew older, she learnt to trust Cathy and started to disclose information about how she had been treated by her family.