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Share Your Story
Meet Survivors Speaking Out
This page on the siblingsexualtrauma.com website (also hosted by 5WAVES) features survivors of sibling sexual abuse and trauma who have publicly shared their experiences in a variety of ways:
Protecting Yourself
When Sharing Your Story
Telling your story as a survivor of sibling sexual trauma/abuse can be a healing experience. It can let others know they are not alone. It can also bring trauma, and drama, to the surface. We recommend finding trusted sources of support and taking extra care of yourself if you decide to go through this process. This publication, from the Marie Collins Foundation, has information and advice, from victims and survivors of child sexual abuse who have shared their experiences, for victims and survivors who are considering sharing.
Getting Ready to Share Your Story
Share Your Story is a survivor-authored, survivor-supported storytelling guide, written by Anti-Incest Liberation Agent and IncestAware cofounder Jo Lauren (josephineanne.com). It contains information as well as prompts for thinking or journaling, leading readers through the why, where, and how of telling their own unique story. It also includes valuable guidance for safety and support.
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in the OutSPOKEN Series podcast below, Jo interviews SSA survivor and author Diane Tarantini about preventing child on child sexual abuse, and also about her experience in writing and sharing her memoir, Everyone Was Silent.
Share Your Story for Research
Protect Children's Our Voice survey is collecting responses from anyone who was sexually harmed as a child. It takes about 30 minutes to complete and is available in 16 languages (and counting). The results will be shared with policy makers worldwide to inform better understanding, prevention, and response to all types of child sexual abuse and exploitation. Including your voice in the survey will ensure that sibling sexual abuse is represented among the results.
Share Your Story for Public Awareness
The Sibling Aggression and Abuse Story Archive at the Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, has a survey to securely submit written accounts of your experiences, the impact it has had on you, and/or any advice you would offer to others. In sharing, you are giving permission for your words to be quoted anonymously for illustrative purposes in their online and print resources for survivors, supporters, and helpers.
If you have a piece that you would like 5WAVES to consider adding to the Our Voices Blog, please submit it via this form. We will be in contact, whether we are interested in using for the blog or not.
Brave Voices is a survivor-led organization with a mission to "end child sexual assault by breaking the silence that perpetuates child sexual abuse." Brave Voices offers guidance on how to share your story through an audio interview, collected by Archive Storycorps.
The Writing Room by Protect Children (Suojellan Lapsia) is an online space where anyone affected by childhood sexual violence (survivors, parents, family, friends) can write about their experience and how it has affected their life. It will be read by a Protect Children staffer. If you choose to give permission (not required), your submission could be used for awareness, research, and/ or encouraging others who are hurting.
Share Your Story with Other Survivors
The Power of YOU is a project of EmpowerSurvivors. They will post your unedited, written personal story of child sexual abuse, recovery, and healing (500 words or less). "EmpowerSurvivors believes that by sharing our stories of childhood sexual abuse and recovery we begin to lose the grip shame can have on us. It is also a way to reach other survivors who may be living in silence and have never heard someone else's story of abuse, healing, and wellness."
"At Saprea, we believe that creating a strong community of survivors is a key way to inspire hope and promote healing. You are not alone on this journey and healing is possible. Saprea invites survivors who wish to share their story to submit it here and help break the silence" on child sexual abuse. Stories may be edited for length and readability.
Share Your Story on a Podcast
The #SiblingsToo podcast is the first and only podcast dedicated entirely to sibling sexual abuse. Since 2018, SSA Survivor Nancy Morris has been broadcasting a wide range of voices and perspectives on sibling sexual abuse. She has interviewed survivors, parents, researchers, therapists, journalists, an attorney, an offender, and more. She has also told her story. Get in touch via SiblingsToo.com
HUSH No More with Dr. Vanessa hosts survivors and activists to share their experiences, guidance, and awareness on the Hush Topics, including child sexual abuse. Support her page, and submit this form to indicate your interest in an interview.
Handing the Shame Back is a podcast hosted by Gloria Masters, devoted to supporting adult survivors of child sexual abuse and sharing their voices. If you are interested in possibly being interviewed, submit this form to indicate your interest and begin the process.