The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse: My Story and Now My MISSION
Channel: Kelly Olexa
Date: 2023-11-01

Have you suffered from childhood sexual abuse? If so, you are not alone. As I share my story in this video, 1 out of every 4 young girls will experience childhood sexual abuse before the age of 18. 90% of them will be abused by someone they know and trust- over 40% of those by an immediate family member. 

I've kept my experience hidden my entire life and protected my abuser. I minimized my pain and suffering and convinced myself I was ok. That was until later in life, a few years ago, my body started telling me "enough is enough". There's a great book called The Body Keeps The Score (https://amzn.to/40jfCT0)  that talks in depth about how childhood trauma affects you physically if you keep ignoring it and not dealing with it-- that certainly happened to me.

I abruptly began experiencing chronic migraines-- you've seen me talk about them on my channel here in past years. I had no idea what was causing them. It turned out- I learned later- I had C-PTSD and the migraines were directly tied to my childhood trauma. 

All of this led to a series of actions and events that ultimately led me to founding my new nonprofit, NOW SHE'S SAFE. https://nowshessafe.org/ Once I had discovered that I wasn't alone, that there are nearly 43 million other female survivors of childhood sexual trauma in the US - and that 1 in 4 little girls are being abused every day-- I had to do something. 

I have every confidence that we are creating a movement that is going to change EVERYTHING. This issue is ALL OF OURS. If you aren't a survivor-- YOU KNOW ONE and probably many. And those women need your help!! Further, consider the young girls around you, even if you don't have kids of your own. One out of every four homes has a young girl being victimized like I was - and she doesn't know where to turn or who to talk to or how to make it stop. 

Let's help her. ALL OF "HER". 

Start today by visiting our Launch Campaign https://bit.ly/nowshessafelaunch where your generous tax-deductible donation can help us build this organization and MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN. Then head over to our "starter website" (wait until you see the new one coming in 6 months....yes it's going to take that long for development because it's going to be that fantastic) at nowshessafe.org and be sure to SUBSCRIBE. 

Lastly -- Please don't stop there. The reason this horrifying epidemic has hurt so many little girls and women is because NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT and so so many people turn a blind eye. Be a PARTICIPANT in our movement-- SHARE THIS VIDEO, SHARE THE CAMPAIGN, SHARE THE WEBSITE. Tell as many friends and neighbors as you can-- the more you tell and share, the more little girls and women we can ultimately save. 

Thank you for watching and joining us today. 

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