Please, don't hesitate to get involved. Child abuse is NOT a family issue. Child abuse survivors have many things to live through. Not only do we have to survive the initial abuse, but we also have to endure the lasting effects. These effects can range anywhere from just some bad feelings occasionally to complete insanity.
Most survivors have effects in the in between range.
Many survivors of all types of abuse have bad dreams, fears of objects or places or situations that other people don't have. We as child abuse survivors also have left over survivor techniques which will become more and more apparent as we grow older. They also grow more and more unnecessary. The healing process is long and hard, but in the end, it is worth it. The hardest part is letting go of those survival techniques which helped us to stay alive and sane during our abusive childhoods.