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TW: sexual assault, child abuse

In my most surprising and opening episode yet, I talk about my experience with childhood sexual abuse. Children of sexual abuse carry a lot of guilt and shame within them, and I did for years. But I shine the light on this situation and I open up about my experience, and how I got through because I know I’m not the only one. I struggled for a long time with my past, but I finally said no more. This wasn’t my fault. I didn’t bring this onto myself.

Key Points:

• I’m okay. I got through this experience, and others, and I’m okay.

• Please take care of yourself first

• I come from a broken family that goes back generations of brokenness

• When I started to get uncomfortable, I was convinced that everything was fine

• Children trust adults because they’re older, and they should know better

• This went on for about two years before anyone noticed what was happening

• I blocked out what happened once the police got involved

• I have no idea if speaking up did anything worthwhile

• I carried a lot of shame, guilt, disgust, and self-loathing for almost 20 years

• My therapist helped me realize this wasn’t my fault, and it wasn’t up to me to be the responsible one or to know better

• My intimacy life has been completed healed since seeking therapy

• I wouldn’t change it, because it helped me be there for others in their struggles

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Manitoba Court Registry

• Folklorama

• Rachel Thompson: I talk about surviving childhood sexual abuse because I didn’t want to be ashamed anymore. Children don’t sexually abuse themselves.

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