Welcome to the third episode of our 'Survivor Series' on The Imagination. Today we feature the brave and courageous Kia who comes forth for the first time to break her silence on a story that will both shatter your heart and inspire you at the same time. Kia is a survivor of domestic sibling abuse and sodomy detailing a story of an adopted brother who was a pedophile, predator and domestic abuser to Kia while grooming her siblings. She has a unique story where she comes from a household that would otherwise seem normal to you or I with parents and siblings that cared deeply about her but lacked the ability to face her situation. Kia brilliantly articulates the story from the eyes of her 6-year old self and brings it back to present where she also reflects on the same situation now being in her 30's. You see how even the most loving parents and siblings can experience trauma and denial of their own when someone they love is experiencing unthinkable abuse and you realize through her story that abuse affects much more than just the person receiving it and has a ripple effect to everyone closest to the situation. The more we empower survivors to share their stories, the more we educate present and future parents and children how to identify and deal with hostile situations and/or predators who may take any shape or form.
This story will tug at your heartstrings and will challenge your current beliefs about what victims go through as children and how their experiences deeply impact them long after they've survived their abuse. Survivors never get to 'move on' from their experiences and in so many unconscious ways, the abuse lives on forever stored as memories, PTDS, anxiety, recurring nightmares, trust issues, relationship issues, uncontrollable emotions, paranoia and so much more. This is a topic we all need to educate ourselves on so we know how to show up and support survivors and have more empathy for those battling silent wars that we are unaware of and come in contact with everyday. Kia's story shows it can happen to anyone. It could have been me, you, or our children in this story. It's THAT close to home.
Kia is someone I deeply admire and look up to for what she's overcome and her story deserves to be honored just as much as every celebrity and successful entrepreneur who overcame great odds to do something 'impossible'. Unlike business owners, survivors never had or have a choice as to what they were willing to consent to, continue experiencing, or were ready to experience. They were forced into horrific things most of us cannot even begin to fathom - with NO tools or special skills - and 'succeed' in overcoming their own great odds. Every survivor I've had the honor of meeting is now a bright light beaming to help others. These survivors refine the word 'success' and what they've overcome (not by choice but by force!) deserves to be recognized as 'the new success'.
My goal with this series is to talk about what no one else will talk about and to give these brave survivors a voice they've never had. A movement starts with one person - why not let that person be You?
*DISCLAIMER - DIALOGUE NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
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