Understanding Childhood Trauma

We all hear the shocking stories of child abuse, predators and the horrifying sex trade among children.  The family secrets where no one is allowed to talk of such abuse by another family member.  Believing the child will forget being horrifically raped and abused as the years go on.  Adults covering up reasons that a child is being abused, simply because it is easier to find an excuse than it is to believe that a child is in fact, being abused. 

When the pity is easier to look at than what the communication will tell, we as children are told to move on and forget, as adults we are told to forgive. Yet we live our whole lives trying to forget something we will always remember and search for forgiveness in what is so unforgivable.

I know this to be true, because I am one of those abused children who grew up and I have some things I want you to understand...