The Silent Scream

The Silent Scream
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Grunty1967b

Registrant
A phrase I read in a childhood sexual abuse book a few years ago has recenlty come back to my memory and it rings truer now more than it ever did.

It's said that childhood sexual assualt is:

"The Silent Scream".

The child is crying out becuase of what's happening or for someone to help but nothing comes out of their mouth because:

a) they are too scared to say anything
b) they don't know they can say anything

It took a while for me, but thirty years on - it's coming out now.
 
Grunty,

I so remember that time: sitting there screaming inside and nothing coming out. I wondered am I just going crazy.

The problem is it has to come out and it will come out. If we can't talk about it, then it will explode out in possibly harmful ways (alcohol, drugs, cutting, sexual adventures, violent behavior, etc.).

What can those of us do who have already seen the truth of this fact? I guess the answer is that we have to stress to others that the most important part of the "silent scream" stage is to get past it. We have to let others know how important it is to talk about it.

I remember you when you first came here bro - My God. It's so great to see how far you have come.

Much love,
Larry
 
Thankfully, My scream is no longer silent. Can you hear me? I am no longer ashamed to tell you what happened to me. I was sexually abused! Silence, no longer

Will
 
Will,

Loud and clear! Every time you talk about it you reject the shame and blame, reject the silence, and assert your right and determination to heal.

Much love,
Larry
 
I am no longer afraid. It took 25 years. I was used by my brother, violently hurt by my cousin, and the terror I experienced for 25 years is now starting to subside. I silently screamed for 2 decades. I blamed myself, I hated myself. I finally sought help. Almost lost my wife -- she was stunned, shocked, and very confused -- but now I have stopped screaming. It was not my fault. I did not ask for it. I am a grown adult man and I have control of my life.

Hanging in there...


Russ
Milwaukee, WI
 
Larry

Once again you said it for me, uncanny.

"I so remember that time: sitting there screaming inside and nothing coming out. I wondered am I just going crazy.

The problem is it has to come out and it will come out. If we can't talk about it, then it will explode out in possibly harmful ways (alcohol, drugs, cutting, sexual adventures, violent behavior, etc.)".


Kirk
"Lets grab this bull by the horns and swing it about a bit"
 
Not many people know how loud you can scream inside your own head, or what that noise can do to you.
 
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