From Silence to Strength: My Journey Healing Childhood Trauma

Surviving childhood sexual trauma from age five on wasn’t the easy road, but today I am working my way to recovery. No child should have to endure these traumatic experiences, and no adult should have to hide from their past. After years of keeping quiet and hiding my truths, I finally found help and bridged the gap between my history and my present.

Learning how to cope and find joy can be hard, and it’s okay to ask for help! I was made to feel like I had done something and that kept me quiet. I was made to feel like coming forward with my truth would hurt and affect those I love, and that I was “protecting” them. I was made to feel like I wasn’t worthy of intimacy and physical love. I WAS WRONG. Now I see that I was a victim, and more should have been done to protect ME.

I hope my words can inspire someone to know their worth and that they can be “normal” and feel love and intimacy without fear and shame!