There are years that ask questions and years that shatter everything you thought you knew about this world.

This. This was the year that rewrote my story without my permission.

Welcome back to, from abuse to abundance.

I'm your host Tiffany Carter, and this is Chapter 3.

The year, innocence ended. Before we continue, I need you to know,

this isn't just another chapter. This is the dividing line, the moment where my life split into

before and after. Ten years, three thousand six hundred and fifty nights, each won a battle for

survival in a war I never asked to fight.

It started with an introduction, the kind that seems ordinary on the surface.

But some introductions are really endings in disguise.

The end of safety, the end of trust, the end of childhood.

This episode isn't about the monster in the shadows.

It's about the little girl who learned to live with shadows as companions, who learned to

fold herself small enough to disappear, who somehow kept a spark of light alive in complete darkness.

If you're listening from your own darkness, if you're carrying the weight

of a stolen childhood, I need you to hear this. Your story isn't over and neither was mine. Before

we begin, I need to give a trigger warning. There will be graphic mentions of childhood,

sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and narcissistic abuse.

If you or someone who's listening need support, you can contact the Rain National Sexual

Assault Hotline. It's available 24-7 at 1-800-656-6-5-6- Hope. You can also swipe up.

This direct access to the hotline is in the show notes. It's also here

in the description on YouTube. If you are outside of the U.S., and I know we have millions of

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