86. Shame and Child Sexual Abuse (Part One)
Dear Little Me
Dawn Chitty
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🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Who is most likely to sexually abuse a child?
Diane grew up on a farm. There were ponies and music lessons and she loved the animals and being outside in nature. Diane's parents were incredibly busy with four kids and running the farm and Diane felt she only got their attention when she was really good or really bad. Unseen and unheard Diane didn't feel love or connection as a child. And at the age of 12 a family member began to sexually abuse her. He told her they were in a secret relationship, he made her feel special and grown up and as a child, Diane believed what she was told. And she didn't tell anybody. It wasn't until many years later that Diane was able to share her secret and start getting help. This has been a long and difficult healing journey. 93% of perpetrators of CSA are known to the child. This is a staggering statistic. It is not men in white vans. It is most likely somebody within the family.
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| 0:00.0 | Around the age of 12, my oldest sister's husband, who at the time was 24, started to groom me |
| 0:08.5 | and sexually abuse me. He groomed me very well and during those years I was working on their farm |
| 0:17.1 | in the school holidays. So it was there basically most holidays and unfortunately he made it actually |
| 0:24.2 | feel like a relationship and gazed me in my sexual activities you could imagine and actually I |
| 0:30.4 | didn't even realise it was child sexual abuse too many years later but I also knew it was wrong |
| 0:38.2 | and therefore I didn't tell anybody for 27 years. |
| 0:42.8 | Welcome to how my parents raised me I'm Dawn Chitty. When we are born we arrive here as pure |
| 0:55.3 | and perfect souls and the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected to what |
| 1:02.5 | our parents bring to our lives and what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected to what |
| 1:09.4 | their parents brought to their lives and that's the cycle of families. I have always craved |
| 1:16.8 | connection with real and raw stories to understand what makes you you what makes you the absolutely |
| 1:25.6 | unique human that you are. Stories are medicine for the soul they can connect us and they can |
| 1:34.2 | change the world and so in this podcast I'm listening to beautiful souls sharing their story |
| 1:41.6 | what happened to them how they got through and how they have healed and thrived despite everything |
| 1:48.6 | to arrive right here in this moment. Content warning if you are triggered by the themes of this podcast |
| 1:57.6 | please seek a help line in your city. Hey my beautiful friends it's Dawn and welcome back to |
| 2:07.2 | the podcast. When I think about my guest on the podcast this week I think of the word brave |
| 2:15.1 | in the fullest sense of the word because childhood trauma can lead to what feels like a life |
| 2:21.4 | sentence. It's true for so many survivors of childhood trauma that they're left with trying to |
| 2:28.9 | piece their lives back together and live it just like everybody else with one big difference. |
| 2:36.4 | They are holding secrets and shame that need to be so carefully contained that life can never |
| 2:45.2 | really be just like everybody else. Diane grew up in the country on a farm and there were ponies |
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