It is amazing that more than 80,000 cases of child sexual abuse are reported annually, but the number of cases that go unreported is even greater, since children fear to tell someone what happened to them and the legal process to validate an episode is difficult. Sexual abuse of children can occur in the family, at the hands of a parent, stepfather, sibling or other relative; or outside the house, for example, by a friend, a neighbor, the person who takes care of him, a teacher or a stranger. When sexual abuse has occurred, the child can develop a variety of distressing feelings, thoughts and behaviors.
And that's why today I want to share my story. Everything happened when I was 4 or 5 years old and was one of the least expected people, a man who unfortunately is my grandfather. Despite my young age, I remember everything perfectly, I remember that I was in my room, I remember that I only had a little dress to sleep, and I was watching TV. "My grandfather" was doing some repairs to what would be my room, in that moment I went to find my mom because I did not know where she was, he told me he did not know where he was, but I stayed with him for a while, and then he took me, and put me against the wall , and began to touch me and kiss me, summarizing everything The Abuse Of Me.
My mother found out what happened, but they did nothing, since they said my grandfather was very old, and if they reported this, he would go to jail and die. I feel it was very unfair, because what I did does not justify anything, because I do not understand what was the need to abuse a small girl of 4 or 5 years ?, and that only caused a trauma and that today, it is an event that regrettably I remember with much pain and anger.
Unfortunately, this is something that is happening very often among children, it was common for unknown people to abuse innocent children, but nowadays it has become normal for family members or people close to families to abuse children. For that reason I wanted to share my story, because I know that like this there are worse stories and very tragic endings, like for example, a few weeks ago here in my country Venezuela, a neighbor very loved by a family, realized that 3 children were alone, so he decided to attract the older child with candy, telling him to go home that he would take care of them while his mother arrived, but upon entering the neighbor's house, abuse of the older girl (10 years), another girl (4 years old), a baby (1 year old) and a boy (10 years old) who, upon hearing the screams, went to see what happened and was also abused. The children were found dead, they had been killed with a hammer
So please take care of your children, little brothers and little cousins, because the people you think the least are the ones who can cause the most damage. I'm still with that little trauma, over time I've been able to overcome it but I know there are people who never do it because it's been much worse. With time I learned to forgive, and I forgive you. Do you know why? Because God will know what to do with it.
If you are reading this, and you passed for a moment like this, tell me your story, I really want to know, and support us, since none of that was our fault.