Neglected by my parents, abused by my uncle, then I watched helplessly as my daughter was taken from me at 19. I lived a life of utter misery - but my story proves it's never too late to reclaim your life
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At 64, Judy King sat on a psychologist's couch, her life poised on the edge of a revelation. Memories she had long buried erupted like a landslide, leaving her breathless and in tears. For decades, the Sydney-born woman had locked away the pain inflicted by those meant to love her most. But as the walls of repression crumbled, a harrowing picture emerged - one she could no longer ignore.
![['I believed I occupied the lowest rung on the human ladder,' says Judy (pictured here in her twenties, after giving up her daughter for adoption)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/13/93293077-14203853-_I_believed_I_occupied_the_lowest_rung_on_the_human_ladder_says_-a-4_1734702784545.jpg)
Piece by piece, Judy began reconstructing her fractured past, tracing her journey back to when she left Australia so many years earlier. What surfaced was a lifetime of trauma that would break most: a childhood marred by abuse from her father, a teenagehood violated by her uncle's rape, and the heartbreak of giving up her baby girl for adoption at just 19.
![[Judy grew up Sydney's North Shore where her father abused her and her mother turned a blind eye. Judy was told she was 'provocative' and 'flirtatious' as a child]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/13/93293109-14203853-Judy_grew_up_Sydney_s_North_Shore_where_her_father_abused_her_an-a-1_1734702784434.jpg)
'I didn't just feel worthless - I believed I was at the very bottom of humanity's ladder,' Judy shares. 'I was a prisoner of my own inner chaos, completely disconnected from the world and how others saw me.'. 'I was afraid of everything as a child,' she continues. 'Self-confidence wasn't just low - it was non-existent.'.
![[Judy, now 82, started unravelling her past after seeing a psychologist at 64. She has been seeing a therapist for the last 20 years]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/06/93293107-14203853-Judy_now_82_started_unravelling_her_past_after_seeing_a_psycholo-a-16_1734589904009.jpg)
Now 82 and living in Mallorca, Spain, Judy exudes a strength forged through decades of healing. Though she misses her homeland, she's finally ready to share her story - a testament to resilience, survival and reclaiming the self. Abused by her father as a child, raped by her uncle as a teenager then having to say goodbye to her baby girl at 19 - it would be enough to crush anyone. That's what happened to Judy King (pictured left with her two brothers in an undated childhood photo).
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