pedophiles and the lasting damage that they leave behind them

[Don Quixote]

It is still amazing to me the number of people impacted by abuse such as this. While I was never sexually abused, I was physically abused as a child. It took years for my father (who thankfully saw the error of his ways and sought therapy) and I to build a healthy, trusting relationship.

I cannot imagine how hard it would be for people to experience more than just physical abuse.

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i hope that you never do - to date, when someone (especially a family member) tells me that they love me, i cringe inside