Hello, my name is Natalya
Venezia. I am a survivor of child sexual abuse from two different men. Although, I do not remember it my abuse started at a very young age from my dad, I know
this because of many signs of sexual abuse I showed such as wetting the bed
until I was 10, sexual knowledge at a very young age, emotional issues and many
more. The night of my thirteenth birthday is when I realized that my dad was
doing something very wrong. He continued to molest me until the age of fifteen.
In the meantime I began to confide in a twenty-seven year old youth leader at my
church. Around the age of fourteen he also began to molest me on a constant
basis, this went on until the age of fifteen as well. On September 24th
2006 I spoke out to my family about the sexual abuse my dad was committing. It
was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I was not believed at first and
put through a lot of pain because my family felt I was making everything up. But,
because of all the other lies, stealing, cheating, and manipulating my dad was
doing everything caught up with him. Two weeks after I told my family found out
he was stealing from them, their church, and many other people. This caused
them to realize that he was lying and I was telling the truth. Ever since then
it has been a long and hurtful journey. Every day is a challenge but I am
learning and growing. Healing from abuse and the pain it causes is not easy and I am not fully there
yet. I am however working to reach a place of peace and using my abuse to
better my life and save others. I want to use this blog to create awareness, to
give those who have been abused a place they feel safe, and to hopefully save
many innocent children from the pain of child sexual abuse. Every child
deserves a loving childhood, not a nightmare. Below you can read more detailed
events in my story.
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