The Relationship Between Sexual Abuse With Shame And Blame

I learned to victim-blame myself along the way, but no longer will

Scarlett Jess Perrodin
Published in
6 min readOct 19, 2021

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Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash

Blaming a human for experiencing any type of abuse, especially sexual abuse, exacerbates the shame that remains after surviving these traumas.

The story goes that we must have triggered an abusive behavior or that we didn’t…

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Scarlett Jess Perrodin
Invisible Illness

Mental health advocate, abuse escape artist, maternal aura, and comic. Personal stories. Some hints of humor. A diamond in the rough is still a diamond.