I am a survivor of sexual abuse (incest) my older half brother thought it was ok to rob me of my innocence at a young age. I have learnt through it all that abuse is not who we are it is what was done to us, it is something we went through. Something was taken from us and as surprising as it is very few seem to care or understand. I will not say this is the world we live in as this is not an excuse; there is no excuse for how we were treated or how we are being treated. We have fought to make it through; we have struggled to see a light at the end, we stood alone for most of it. I know what it feels like to want to give up, to want to run away, but giving up never made the issue easier, running away doesn’t allow us to leave our memories behind. We can’t give up; this is your life, your fight, your right to happiness. We expected more from those around us but we didn’t get it and we are still here going strong. So why give up now. As alone as you feel sometimes, know that there are many out there who know what you are going through; some have been where you are and conquered it others haven’t gotten there; it's a process. The time has come for us to start sharing our stories, to start building a community where we learn from each other, where we support each other, where we begin to change the way sexual abuse is dealt with. No longer should will we be guilted or forced into silence. Its time to speak out Loudly. Share your stories, as i’ve learnt, you’d be surprised who among you, who close to you has been through something similar. We will create our own little support center. If you’re not ready to come forth on facebook please use the freeforums page(http://survivingsexualabuse.freeforums.org/) ; create your own name and free feel to ask questions, share your story, or if you just need to vent we are also there for that.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Time To Stand
I am a survivor of sexual abuse (incest) my older half brother thought it was ok to rob me of my innocence at a young age. I have learnt through it all that abuse is not who we are it is what was done to us, it is something we went through. Something was taken from us and as surprising as it is very few seem to care or understand. I will not say this is the world we live in as this is not an excuse; there is no excuse for how we were treated or how we are being treated. We have fought to make it through; we have struggled to see a light at the end, we stood alone for most of it. I know what it feels like to want to give up, to want to run away, but giving up never made the issue easier, running away doesn’t allow us to leave our memories behind. We can’t give up; this is your life, your fight, your right to happiness. We expected more from those around us but we didn’t get it and we are still here going strong. So why give up now. As alone as you feel sometimes, know that there are many out there who know what you are going through; some have been where you are and conquered it others haven’t gotten there; it's a process. The time has come for us to start sharing our stories, to start building a community where we learn from each other, where we support each other, where we begin to change the way sexual abuse is dealt with. No longer should will we be guilted or forced into silence. Its time to speak out Loudly. Share your stories, as i’ve learnt, you’d be surprised who among you, who close to you has been through something similar. We will create our own little support center. If you’re not ready to come forth on facebook please use the freeforums page(http://survivingsexualabuse.freeforums.org/) ; create your own name and free feel to ask questions, share your story, or if you just need to vent we are also there for that.
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Thank you for sharing your story of abuse and for sharing the survivor forum. I Tweeted this and also put it on my Facebook page so other survivors that follow me will see it. I have my own blog that I write about healing from incest if you are interested.
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