No longer silenced
For years...decades actually... I have been trained to be quiet. Don't talk about it. I tried to go to the adult. I tried to tell someone. I was a little kid that tried...and was hushed. Now I'm a 50 year old adult just trying to survive and most days I do that by hiding. Hiding myself. Hiding the pain. Surrounding myself with children...because they are safer to me than adults. My health has suffered in incredible ways and now I'm just looking to heal....and teach others to do the same. I...