Brother and Sister Survivor Show How Secrecy Works
The latest episode of the Survivor Stories podcast, featuring Ben Glade and Annaka Vimahi, brought home two important things to know about child abuse:
1. How deep does the secrecy surrounding child abuse run? A brother and sister, 4 years apart, have no idea they were both being abused until they were in their thirties.
Think about that. When we talk about child abuse being a secret epidemic, this is a prime example. Abusers groom kids and do everything they can to keep them silent. Survivors grow up and face all kinds of stigma, so they keep silent, and the cycle just continues. The only way out is to keep talking, and let kids being abused, and adult survivors, know that they aren’t alone.
2. Survivors truly are all around us. We just don’t talk about it and therefore we don’t know how many people right in front of us can identify with what we are dealing with. We need more survivors willing to identify themselves and let it be known that they survived, and have overcome, childhood abuse.
RT @SurvivorNetwork: Brother and Sister Survivor Show How Secrecy Works: The latest episode of the Survivor Stories podcast, … http://t.…
I didnt click and listen. However weboth knew when we were little. Its made us close yet driven us apart
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Wow, that’s amazing a brother and sister didn’t even know! My brother was my lifeline when we were suffering abuse together.
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Yes, yes, especially to #2! Thanks for speaking out.