Matt Sandusky on the Grooming of Children by Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrators
Matt Sandusky speaks about the slow and progressive process that a child sexual abuse perpetrator uses to manipulative a child into tolerating the abuse.
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Even just the headline made me think of those days when I was in my 20s, dealing with the trauma and shame of my childhood and the major depression that I was not getting proper treatment for. I didn’t take care of myself. I didn’t even meet the basic needs of sleep, food, etc., because, in my mind, I wasn’t worth it. I didn’t deserve to live a healthy, content life. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand what self-care was or why it was necessary; I lacked a belief that I deserved it.
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