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Sexual abuse survivor Simone Maier shares her experiences. 💔#survivor #mentalhealth #nzathlete

January 30, 2024 / 00:50

This episode discusses childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and mental health. The guest shares her experience of remembering abuse from a neighbor and its impact on her life.

The guest recounts having flashbacks of sexual abuse that occurred when she was four or five years old. She describes how these memories resurfaced during her teenage years, leading to severe depression.

Her mother was initially unaware of the abuse but later confirmed that they had known about it all along. This revelation deeply affected the guest, as she felt betrayed by her parents, who were supposed to protect her.

The conversation highlights the long-term effects of childhood trauma and the importance of addressing mental health issues.

TLDR

A guest shares her traumatic childhood experience of sexual abuse and its lasting effects on her mental health.

Episode

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so you start having flashbacks when you're 14 about sexual abuse that happened when you're real young yeah
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which was from the neighbor which was it was like a grande to us just looking after us and that just happened when I
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was four or five years old I forgot all about it till I became a teenager and had my first boyfriend and it just made
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me from this happy child to some I would say probably severe depressed even mom was like what's going on with you and
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was like I think I'm going psycho and then one night she asked me again and I
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I just unloaded and she like oh is that what happened in the past and I was like
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shell Shong is like what do you know from the past then she said oh yeah when you were little this is what happened
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next door and you told us all about it when Mom told me that they knew about it was like someone's just rammed the knife
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into my heart and it's my parents and you think they are the people they supposed to look after me and support me
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you know what I mean

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Episode Highlights

  • Uncovering Childhood Trauma
    At 14, flashbacks of childhood sexual abuse resurface, altering her mental health.
    “I forgot all about it till I became a teenager.”
    @ 00m 10s
    January 30, 2024
  • The Pain of Betrayal
    Discovering her parents knew about her abuse felt like a knife to the heart.
    “Someone's just rammed the knife into my heart.”
    @ 00m 39s
    January 30, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • I think I'm going psycho.
    Sexual abuse survivor Simone Maier shares her experiences. 💔#survivor #mentalhealth #nzathlete
  • Someone's just rammed the knife into my heart.
    Sexual abuse survivor Simone Maier shares her experiences. 💔#survivor #mentalhealth #nzathlete

Key Moments

  • Mental Health Struggles00:14
  • Family Betrayal00:39