By Tara Overzat
Numerous scholarly articles have stated that not only is child abuse underreported (here and globally) but so is child sexual abuse.
My own sexual abuse is difficult to talk about. But I can say that looking back, I am incensed at the pediatrician in the town I was raised in for the first several years of my life who didn’t take any legal action when he treated me for the aftermath. Read more »
Many of us who are survivors of parental abuse come away feeling that we are defective. That our parents must have seen something so horrible in us that not even they could bring themselves to love and protect us. Even though this is untrue, this false belief can follow us well into adulthood.
A seventeen year old girl, who wishes to remain anonymous, shared her story with me below. Read more »
This brief article from the Mayo Clinic’s “Ask a Mental Health Specialists” page mentions the connection between childhood trauma and an increased risk of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Read more »
Sexual abuse is another devastating facet of child abuse. It can cause children, who are too young to process what has happened to them, to act out in many ways- including sexually. The following is a clip showing the further unraveling of a family whose been torn apart by one man’s sexual predation.
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Healing, Justice, Personal | admin, 3 Jul 09 | 
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