Child Abuse Survivor Definition
For some abuse survivors, they have no idea when they first became the survivor, or the time that has passed since the abuse occurred- they would rather not remember anything about any of it- ever. We have lost time, days, weeks, years- we have lost parts of our selves… Innocence was stolen, trust was taken, and happy human beings suffered in silence- or expressed themselves so vocally crying out for help from day one- hoping someone would notice, or listen and see the pain- We prayed for it to stop, we prayed for ‘it’ to go away. READ MORE HERE
Fact Sheet: Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Treating adult survivors of severe childhood abuse
Adult Surviving Child Abuse > Survivors
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By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!