In this episode, I read Melanie's story of her abuse by her father as a child. I also discuss normal sexual behaviors in toddlers versus not-so-normal behaviors and provide a website where you can learn more about normal sexual behaviors in different age groups of children. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

It's crazy that you can know someone for 20 years and not know the extent of the pain they endured growing up. I spoke with one of my childhood best friends Christina, who speaks on the survival of her traumatic childhood and abuse by several different family members. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

Have you ever heard of a Family Advocacy Center or a Child Advocacy Center? My family hadn't either until after we had already received our justice; but it would have made getting justice a lot easier for us. My Step-Mom, Michelle, was invited to speak at a fundraising event for Southwest Family Advocacy Center and to tour their center. She tells us the benefits that a center such as this one, can offer a victim of abuse. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived ..read more

One of our listeners, who wishes to remain anonymous, tells her story of how she was adopted by a man who would later become her abuser, and how he walked into a police station to report his crime. That, however, does not lessen the damage done to our listener nor the fact that her abuser is still an abuser. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

Have you ever heard of a Family Advocacy Center or a Child Advocacy Center? My family hadn't either until after we had already received our justice; but it would have made getting justice a lot easier for us. My Step-Mom, Michelle, was invited to speak at a fundraising event for Southwest Family Advocacy Center and to tour their center. She tells us the benefits that a center such as this one, can offer a victim of abuse. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived ..read more

Trēssa Fischl did not have her biological father in her life, so she was excited when her step-dad Bobby came into the picture. In this episode, she tells of how he soon became the monster of her nightmares. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

Adrienne, a member of our Trauma Tribe here on "Dear Me, You survived", reaches out to tell her story of her abuse as a child starting from a very young age and continuing on into her teenage years. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

This episode is the continuation of the case against Paul Adams and his wife Leizza Adams. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

Our justice was brought upon our abuser all thanks to the determination of a mother's love, our mother's love. In this episode we hear the pain my step-mother felt after learning the truth of who our biological father is and how a predator can hide their true intentions without being detected by the people in their everyday life.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more

In this episode I touch briefly on the long term mental effects of CSA victims. We also get inside the mind of a pedophile to understand how they may pursue their victims.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearmeyousurvived/support ..read more