CSA

posted August 20th, 2017 at 1:26 AM

I'm really ashamed of the ways that I've been affected by being sexually abused when I was young. It's so hard to find any help (it seems to only exist for people who are significantly wealthier than I am and/or women) or to talk about it. I hate that I'll never know who I could have been had I not been abused.

4 Comments

There is help out there!

Aug 20, 2017 at 11:03pm

Please contact the Family services of greater Vancouver and ask about their VISAC program. I am in it right now and it has really helped me. I often wonder who o would be if I hadn't been sexually abuses an assaulted as well. It's frustrating I know. But we can't go back, we can only go forward. And we can learn how to live with it and heal from it and love yourself. I hope you get the help you need! You are worthy!!

Finding Help

Aug 20, 2017 at 11:52pm

I am so sorry that you have been through this. It sucks not having the resources of the wealthy or the access to supports. There are some inexpensive, or free, and supportive organizations that might be of use in Vancouver. Wavaw is free helplines, resources and has group counselling and they might also be able to find other options for help for you.

Re: the above comments

Aug 21, 2017 at 12:22pm

VISAC is only available to women. I really wanted to go there, but I don't qualify because I'm not a woman. WAVAW is also only for women. Literally the only organization here that exists to help men who have been sexually abused is the BC Society for Male Survivors, and I can't afford to access their programs. I'm too unwell to work, and being on PWD, there's not even really room in my budget to buy groceries, let alone pay for counselling.