I recently remembered that I was secually abused over a period of 6 months when I was 4 which I repressed the memory of. I'm 18 and have commited fraud - I know knows it was a disgusting thing for me to do but do you think i could be a statistic becuase of what happaned when i was younger. I was also off the rails when i was abit younger, could it, again, be a reason why? BTW I'm just curious I'm using it as an excuse or anything like that. Thanks.
2007-01-24 09:34:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Responsibility is something that YOU have to take for YOUR actions. While this may be something that has hurt you, YOU made the choice to hurt someone else. YOU have to take responsibility for YOUR actions. Ps i am sorry for what happened to you, but you cannot blame someone else for what YOU do. You have to to get help and meanwhile stop hurting others.
2007-01-24 09:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The abuse at 4 would be a good reason for your actions when you were a bit younger but I don't see the connection with committing fraud. That's just a personal integrity thing.
Maybe you have a low self worth that created a situation that you didn't care at all what you were doing so, as a result, you committed the fraud.
2007-01-24 09:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason you committed fraud is that you really don't care about the people you hosed when you committed fraud. You care more about what is easy than what is right.
You can try to blame it on whatever you want, but you are an adult. You have the ability to make decisions. You know the difference between right and wrong. You CHOSE to do the wrong thing. Now you can CHOOSE to own up to it or you can choose to put the blame on someone or something else.
2007-01-24 09:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by Steve H 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok my 2 best friends were both abused at a young age, and one thing that one of my friends said that her other friend asked her that helped is "is it happening to you now?" I know it sounds insensitive, but I think his point was that if it is not happening now, then it is in the past, and it you need to start a new life of your own where you are no longer a victim.
People do horrible things all the time, abused or not.
I would see a therapist, good luck.
2007-01-24 09:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it could be a 'reason why' you did things ... but you are still an adult now, and have a RESPONSIBILITY to yourself not to 'use this' as an EXCUSE to 'stay bad' ... and you can not expect others to 'feel sorry for you' that you were abused then if you are 'busy' being 'bad' now ... so 'use' your 'adult knowledge' and be as GOOD as you KNOW IS POSSIBLE, and get a counselor to 'help you out' if you run into 'trouble' again ... BEFORE you 'break the law' or 'run wild' ...
2007-01-24 09:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by Kris L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's bad what happened to you, but you are guilty of fraud and that has nothing to do with your fraudulant activities. Try to turn your life around and seek justice. You are making excuses in regard to something totally unrelated to your being abused/molested etc.
2007-01-24 18:38:54 · answer #6 · answered by Guerrilla M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't sound like a plausible excuse of why you committed fraud. Maybe, you could use it for when you where "off the rails" but not for fraud.
2007-01-24 09:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NOT!! Don't try to pass off your crime on something that happened to you as a child. At 4 years of age you weren't responsible, but at 18, you know the difference between right from wrong.
2007-01-24 09:41:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, your sexual abuse is not the reason you turned out to be a dishonest thief. Just like your sexual abuse is not the reason you like the color blue, or that you prefer orange juice to apple juice. It's time to realize that you're an adult that's lived through some difficult things, but the choices you make are nobody's fault but your own.
2007-01-24 09:44:40 · answer #9 · answered by VoodooPunk 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You only do what you let yourself do.
Being molested may or may not have had something to do with you being "off the rails" as a child, but the person you are is not determined by what happens TO you. The person you are is the CHOICES YOU make.
It is YOUR life and you are the one responsible for it.
2007-01-24 09:46:31 · answer #10 · answered by AuntTater 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋