It made me feel part of something bigger than myself, which was great for me. I felt like I had this secret knowledge of these things that are happening to little kids. I have a horrible memory in a lot of ways, but I remember every single abuse admission that I have ever heard in my entire life, and I felt like I was collecting. But later, when I would tell the story to other little girls, they started saying to me that they had experienced something similar. I told them about the violent situation that we had just escaped, and no one made any admissions to me that night. I had just moved to a new town and made some new girlfriends. The first time I did that, I remember it was at night. Eventually, I escaped that situation, and one of the first things that I did was start telling little girls what I had experienced. From a very early age, I knew that I was hated and despised for reasons that were a mystery to me. Johnson: I grew up in a household that was very violent when I was a kid. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts!Ĭhantal V. Her debut novel, Post-Traumatic, is out now from Little, Brown.
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