Healing

We are the masters of our destiny. We are in charge of our lives. For many of us who have been abused we had our choices taken away from us. Our abusers never asked us before they chose to start abusing us and not many people cared to ask how we felt about it or what we wanted done. There are still many of us that have not spoken about it, there are many of us that continue to go through each day suffering in silence. I suffered for a long time and in many ways i continue to suffer. the first steps to correcting the ways victims of sexual abuse are dealt begins with us, with breaking our silence. Speaking out about our abuse is not about getting revenge but about taking the first steps to healing, and hopefully building an environment where women can feel safer speaking about their abuse, where abusers are punished more severely for their crimes, where we create an atmosphere of support and not one of blame. Believe me when i say that in order to get through it you have to start speaking about it. I know that it feels like no one will understand and that you are alone but the numbers are staggering; this is not a battle you have to fight on your own. What happened to us was not our fault it was their’s.