Survivors Dealing with Trust and Betrayal Issues 5

When starting this series I knew I would have to face the tissues of trust and betrayal.

Using conservative statistics 80% of child sexual assault victims are assaulted by members of their own family, close family friends, teachers or other authority figures.

Children expect these people to keep them safe, to protect them, to teach them right from wrong and never harmed them.  When this sacred trust a broken it can take years to repair the damage or even a lifetime.

This kind of trauma to a child can and usually does have long lasting effects into their adult life as it did in mine. I learned to quit trusting people and instead of being open to people they had to earn my trust. This caused relationship issues because I never allowed myself to be completely honest with those around me because of being afraid of being hurt again by those I should be able to trust.  This lack of trust in the family leads to issues that go far beyond the family trust and relationships. In my case it leads to a life that was isolated and alone filled with depression and other emotional issues.

For these reasons it is important that anyone who has been a victim get help.  This help can come from counseling or support groups. I took the hard road to recovery and I would hope that anyone reading this article or the one’s that preceded it will get help soon.

My last article will come with soon dealing with my personal steps to being a survivor. Those being what I have to do every day in order to keep from offending again. To keep from being the person that abused me and the person I once was.

God Bless You.