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when i was a child, a psychiatrist warned my mother that i might grow up to be an addict, an abuser, or gay after what happened to me. i’ve thought about those words for years. childhood sexual abuse can leave survivors struggling with shame, addiction, intimacy, identity, and relationships. but there is a difference between recognizing that survivors may need support and making a child feel like their future is already written. being gay is not a pathology. being abused does not make someone destined to abuse others. and struggling with addiction does not make someone a bad person. we need to stop treating survivors like damaged goods or future threats. children deserve protection, compassion, and the chance to grow into their own person. your trauma is part of your story. it does not get to dictate your destiny. if you went through something similar, you are not alone. 🖤 #childhoodsexualabuse #sexualabusesurvivor #traumahealing #mensmentalhealth #survivorvoices

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there’s a difference between who you are and what you’ve been through. but when you’re abused as a child, those two things can become difficult to untangle. some survivors struggle with hypersexuality. others struggle with intimacy, shame, boundaries, or understanding their own feelings. abuse doesn’t determine your sexuality. and you don’t have to prove anything to anybody to be taken seriously. we need to be able to talk about this without shaming survivors. what’s something you wish people understood about childhood sexual abuse? #SA #ChildhoodTrauma #Traumahealing #Lgbt #Love

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the abuse can end long before the affects do. #ChildhoodSexualAbuse #ChildhoodTrauma #TraumaTok #TraumaHealing #Lgbt