Growing Up With a Dad On PCP – Veronica

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Veronica, a woman who survived a traumatic childhood.

00:00 Childhood Abuse and Misplaced Guilt
00:46 Growing Up in a Volatile Home
03:05 The Picture-Perfect Family Facade
06:15 Telling Her Mother About the Abuse
10:04 Cruel Punishments and Constant Control
15:46 Losing Her Mother and Learning to Dissociate
17:19 An Abusive Marriage and Homelessness
19:27 Her Mother’s Declining Health and Death
23:08 Caring for the Father Who Abused Her
30:04 Her Father Crosses the Line Again
33:00 Her Son Confronts His Grandfather
34:39 Arrested on Felony Identity Theft Charges
36:24 Losing Her Kindergarten Teaching Career
43:23 The Lasting Effects of Childhood Trauma
48:40 Facing an Uncertain Future
53:34 Finding Support, Love and Hope

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