Mel B Shares Her Experience With Domestic Abuse To 'Lift The Shame' Around It | Good Morning Britain 

I HOPE TO WRITE MY MEMOIR ABOUT MY FAMILY. I AM A PHYSICIAN AND I FEEL THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT BELIEVE ME..PEOPLE IN MY HOME TOWN OF VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA AND HER FRIENDS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO KNOWS HER WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT. IT IS CONSIDERED TABOO IN MY HOME TOWN OF VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA. ABUSE CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE ABUSED ARE STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMEN. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN I HEARD THAT MEL B OR SCARY SPICE WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED SUCH A HORRIBLE TRAUMA.

MY SISTER ABUSED ME AROUND 2006. MY SISTER CHERYL DAVIS WHO WAS VALADICTORIAN OF OUR SCHOOL VILLE PLATTE HIGH IN LOUISIANA IN 1978. SHE ATTENDED SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND GRUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE. I AM PROUD OF HER ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SHE HAS A HISTORY OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE BY HER HUSBAND. MY SISTER HAD A DELUSIONAL THAT MY DAD WAS BEING POISONED BY HIS WIFE. MY BROTHER DARRYL, SR AND DIDN'T BELIEVE. HE WAS LIVING IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE TIME. MY SISTER HAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS WHICH I THINK IS BIPOLAR DISORDER. MY DAD AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD ASKED IF SHE HAD BIPOLAR DISORDER. THE FIRST TIME THE ABUSE STARTED WAS WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK TO HOUSTON FROM NEW ORLEANS. SHE SCREAMED AT ME. NO ONE HAS EVER SCREAMED AT ME BEFORE. I WAS SO AFRAID THAT I STOPPED TALKING. I THINK I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY DAD'S WIFE. I REFUSE TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT MY PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MONETARY ABUSE.

I appreciate her sharing this sadly common story ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹