Why Telling About Your Sexual Abuse is Transformative

Written by Holli Marshall

You move through the shame and secrecy that keeps you isolated.

You move through denial and acknowledge the truth of your abuse.

You make it possible to get understanding and help.

You get more in touch with your feelings.

You get a chance to see your experience, and yourself, through the compassionate eyes of a supporter.

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You make space in relationships for the kind of intimacy that comes from honesty.

You establish yourself as a person in the present who is dealing with the abuse in his/her past.

You join a courageous community of men/women who are no longer willing to suffer in silence.

You help end child sexual abuse by breaking the silence in which it thrives.

You become a model for other survivors.

You eventually feel proud and strong.

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