My heart bleeds for your friend and his daughter, I too am a survivor of abuse and it literally takes over your thoughts, feelings, emotions and life for years to come. My abuse happened at 17 years old, I am now 38 years old and it still affects me every single day of my life. I did not go to the police as the animal who abused his power was seen as a person of good standing within the community and I was just a 17 year old girl who had no parents to turn to. I am quite open about my past with people as I have found talking about it can help empower other people as well as go great lengths to healing myself. My husband is very understanding and he has even offered to bring about punishment to the individual, however I don't want to lose my husband so I would never allow him to do anything to the vile scum. I hope that Karma is indeed at play and one day, they will regret taking what was not theirs to take. Much love x
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I am grateful that you found the courage to talk about your own experience. I believe it does help others find the strength and courage within themselves to do the same, which then can start the healing process. I find great comfort and healing by talking about and sharing my own experiences too. At some point we will have to confront these people, forgive them and help them heal too. It will take a strong individual to take that step. I pray that we are all up for it when the time comes. Thank you for sharing what happened. It touches me deeply when people share like what you just did. Thank you. <3 Deep respect and love for you my friend.