When I was being bullied, adults never believed me. Finally one day, someone hit me just right and I had a spectacular nosebleed. The school nurses were freaked out by my big grin, but I was just so happy that I could PROVE something!

Unfortunately, adults are much better at hiding abuse of all types, both from the world and themselves. Seek out knowledge about how healthy families work, so that you can recognize the unhealthy. Constantly reinforce this knowledge. It will help you to beat down that inner voice that's actually your abuser, and that tells you you're crazy, you're unworthy, you're the problem and so on.

The voice that's YOU knows better!