Hi green,

Welcome to the site and I'm glad you found us. You have been through so much and you are obviously a very strong woman and good mother. Not everyone would leave as you did, even though it is in the best interest for the children.

You really need to get your daughter to a psychiatrist. You're right that speaking in another accent and not even being aware of it is not normal behaviour. Many people's first thought would be that she has mulitple personality disorder (which I guess now is called DID from what I see on the boards). However, that is not necessarily true, it could be that she is just disassociating.

Being moved into a safer living environment might be allowing her to now feel safe to express outwardly that something is wrong. When with her father she probably was just going through the day to day movements and now that she hasn't got that tension, things are coming to a head.

You were right when you said "She did say that my daughter had already been sexually abused by the mere fact that her father would jokingly grab at her breasts and say inappropriate things about her body whenever he was drinking. " That is sexual abuse and you have every reason to be concerned that there is a potential that more happened that you don't know about. Sometimes it takes time for these things to come out.

Your daughter is in a good position that her mother is concerned and wants to get her the help that she needs. The sooner the better.

Good luck to your whole family, I hope you keep posting and know that my thoughts are with you.

Tranquility