1. Victims who want to be heard and understood (often full of anger, despair, sadness and confusion).
2. Recovering victims who tell about their healing process and encourage others to share their experiences.
3. Victims and advocates who use strong emotional appeals to bring the subject to the attention of the public.
4. Professionals providing resources and information to the public, to victims, and even to abusers.
So, why am I doing this?
First, I think I have an obligation, after all I have experienced, to do my part to help others to heal and the public to understand.
Second, I believe that abusers count on the cloak of secrecy that surrounds child sexual abuse and that talking publicly about it can make it more difficult for them to succeed.
And third, I learned some nifty things about the nature of secrets during my own therapeutic process that I think could be helpful, not only for abuse victims, but for all who have suffered traumas.
Soon I'll be posting my story in slide show form on YouTube and here. So, stay tooned!
