What No One Tells You About Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse

No Shame in Survival: Reclaiming Your Peace After Childhood Sexual Abuse

I was sexually abused as a child. And for most of my life, I didn't say that sentence out loud. Not because I didn't know it was true — but because I didn't know I was allowed to say it.

That's the part no one talks about. Not the trauma. Not the flashbacks. Not the psychology.

The silence.

The part where you carry a memory inside your body like a secret, …