People who have no experience with sexual abuse or it's effects has no idea what it feels like to be a survivor. I read this amazing book once that had a quote something like....I could not tell my parents or friends that I was still in fear everyday. They needed to know that I was alright because the burden that I was not was too much to bear.
The idea of abuse to most people is so terrifying that they do not want to think about it let alone discuss it. By a survivor talking about their experiences it treads on others fears. We get told to suck it up so others do not have to experience what we do.

Grrrrr.

Jessica

<font color=blue> You are in this snowglobe. It is encovered in glass and secure. But one day someone comes and shakes the globe and the pieces go flying everywhere. Now they will eventually settle but they won't be the way they were before and they can never be that way again. </font color=blue>