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Surviving This

81 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 243 ratings

Hear the stories of abuse survivors in their own words...

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10:58 PM

November 17, 2019 04:58 - 330 KB

He locked me in the house for three months…

12:27 PM

November 13, 2019 18:27 - 352 KB

I could see a naked man, but I could never see a face…

4:00 PM

November 12, 2019 22:00 - 282 KB

For me it was my father…

10:18 AM

November 05, 2019 16:18 - 352 KB

For the first time in my life I’ve identified this as a trauma…

9:38 AM

November 05, 2019 15:38 - 251 KB

I have memories but I was very very young…

2:48 PM

November 02, 2019 19:48 - 217 KB

Back in 1970 when you were raped it’s because you were asking for it…

2:42 PM

October 30, 2019 19:42 - 246 KB

She sexually abused me…

11:03 AM

October 26, 2019 16:03 - 352 KB

I remember I just sat in bed…

11:12 PM

October 26, 2019 04:12 - 352 KB

I had no idea what vodka would do to us...

3:59 PM

October 23, 2019 20:59 - 354 KB

I haven’t even told my family or my husband about this…

1:18 PM

October 22, 2019 18:18 - 103 KB

The damage was done…

10:32 AM

October 21, 2019 15:32 - 213 KB

The things that happened made me stronger…

7:59 PM

October 18, 2019 00:59 - 352 KB

I didn’t know that it was wrong…

4:58 PM

October 17, 2019 21:58 - 207 KB

It caused me so much shame…

1:49 AM

October 17, 2019 06:49 - 325 KB

I remember being drugged and raped…

2:15 PM

October 16, 2019 19:15 - 326 KB

I lost my virginity to rape when I was 15 years old…

8:27 PM

October 16, 2019 01:27 - 352 KB

As an only child, you know, there wasn't a lot of options for me and where to go…

3:39 PM

October 13, 2019 20:39 - 352 KB

I took the edge off way too much, apparently, and um I got raped…

5:33 PM

October 12, 2019 22:33 - 352 KB

I don’t remember when the abuse started…

11:08 PM

October 11, 2019 04:08 - 352 KB

He decided to take advantage of that moment to touch me…

1:11 PM

October 10, 2019 18:11 - 269 KB

I was sexually abused probably the age of two or three by our neighborhood kid…

6:58 PM

October 09, 2019 23:58 - 311 KB

Harassment or abuse definitely skyrockets when you're a woman or even a male in the military…

4:29 PM

October 09, 2019 21:29 - 323 KB

This man really played the long game with my dad…

2:10 AM

October 08, 2019 07:10 - 137 KB

About four or five guys, just taking their time…

9:11 PM

October 08, 2019 02:11 - 270 KB

I was nothing has been a troubled child…

9:11 PM

October 08, 2019 02:11 - 270 KB

I was nothing has been a troubled child…

12:08 PM

October 07, 2019 17:08 - 352 KB

It was them using me for practice, then going to their boyfriends…

9:34 PM

October 07, 2019 02:34 - 352 KB

I had two fairly significant experiences, unfortunately…

6:53 PM

October 06, 2019 23:53 - 352 KB

It was actually my step-brother…

7:49 PM

October 05, 2019 00:49 - 352 KB

I have not been sexually abused myself, but I found out that my brother had when we were when we were younger…

11:21 AM

October 04, 2019 16:21 - 186 KB

I did that too after she did that to me because I thought that was normal…

6:34 PM

October 03, 2019 23:34 - 352 KB

For me it was my dad…

4:59 PM

October 03, 2019 21:59 - 255 KB

In the Afghani culture they’re very “lovey”, very hands-on…

8:40 PM

October 03, 2019 01:40 - 318 KB

I was about 3 years old…

8:06 AM

October 02, 2019 13:06 - 352 KB

I threw myself down the stairs and had a miscarriage…

5:09 PM

October 01, 2019 22:09 - 278 KB

I was raped and abused by my softball coach…

3:01 PM

October 01, 2019 20:01 - 298 KB

As he was talking to me one of his hands started going into my shorts…

2:47 PM

October 01, 2019 19:47 - 71.4 KB

You helped me realize that I was molested by my brother…

2:25 PM

October 01, 2019 19:25 - 352 KB

I don’t have advice of any nature. Still kinda looking for some myself…

2:01 PM

October 01, 2019 19:01 - 352 KB

What happened there happened to a lot of kids…

1:15 PM

October 01, 2019 18:15 - 102 KB

He hid cameras in my vents and watched me…

11:53 AM

October 01, 2019 16:53 - 233 KB

It’s really hard to talk about because I feel like I was so old when it continued to happen…

11:25 AM

October 01, 2019 16:25 - 222 KB

It was my dad and I was a freshman in high school…

10:07 AM

October 01, 2019 15:07 - 101 KB

These are words that I’ve never, in 30 years, spoken before…

8:44 AM

October 01, 2019 13:44 - 276 KB

The worst part wasn’t physical. The worst part was feeling like I deserved it…

9:32 PM

October 01, 2019 02:32 - 234 KB

My story starts at 5 years old…

8:32 PM

October 01, 2019 01:32 - 170 KB

The hardest part for me, as a victim, is trusting people…

7:09 PM

October 01, 2019 00:09 - 210 KB

I’ve had many counsellors tell me that I was lying…

6:21 PM

September 30, 2019 23:21 - 336 KB

After 20 plus years of the traumatic experiences, it never leaves you…

5:34 PM

September 30, 2019 22:34 - 134 KB

I’ve actually been assaulted from the age of 7 until I was about 23 years old…