Desparate Housewives Star Deals with Sexual Abuse Healing
December 19, 2007
Phoenix, AZ --Actress, Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives fame, wrote a selfless humanitarian article published in the Turning Points column of Newsweek. Her recollection of her sexual child abuse by an uncle is a typical ordinary activity that was the precursor to being abused by someone she trusted and loved. Hatcher states her uncle often asked her if she wanted to accompany him when he drove to pick up his daughter, her cousin. She states she felt excitement and shame simultaneously a common reaction of being sexually abused.
Children have unconditional trust and love for family members “he is my uncle” he would not do anything that would harm me. Yet, simultaneously the child feels the sensations of sexual stimulation that is both enjoyable and confusing. Someone is treating her in a way that is inappropriate for her age and the relationship and she has little recourse.
If she says, NO, she is afraid she will lose the family member’s love. Furthermore, if she tells, will she be told she is wrong to feel the way she does, will she be believed; will she be accused of being a liar? Often the sex offender threatens the child—If you tell no one will believe you. Or many sex offenders establish a belief in the family system that the child is a little liar, so that if the child does tell, she/he is not believed.
Hatcher’s reason for writing about her sexual abuse is her sense of obligation to help other victims of sexual abuse to not feel alone. Although, Hatcher, refers to being a victim of sexual abuse the truth is she is a sexual abuse survivor. Victims of such crimes are six feet under, without any recourse for their victimization.
This was the first time Hatcher realized, “Maybe that’s where all my adult guilt came from. Because, at the core, I felt I was bad. I felt that I caused it. That it was my fault,” Hatcher stated.
The judge and Stone’s lawyer read Hatcher’s statement, and the corroborating evidence was enough to compel Stone to plead guilty in October 2002 of sexually abusing the 14-year old girl. “This experience allowed me the space to feel validated, vindicated and, frankly, not crazy. It was not my fault,” Hatcher stated.
Like the majority of sexual abuse survivors, Hatcher, lamented that she can’t say that a victim of sexual abuse is ever completely healed. The missing link in the majority of people’s understanding of the after effects of Sexual Child Abuse is that the survivor will suffer throughout their life. Healing sexual abuse is possible. See my article “Sexual Abuse Recovery - Healing the Aftereffects.” http://ezinearticles.com/?Sexual-Abuse-Recovery—Healing-the-Aftereffects&id=231102
Teri Hatcher, “Thank you, for your strength and courage to tell your story to the D.A. and for writing the article ‘The Darkest Secret.’ You will never know how many people you have helped by your selflessness. I wish you love, light and happiness for eternity.”


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Phoenix, AZ --Actress, Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives fame, wrote a selfless humanitarian article published in the Turning Points column of Newsweek.


 
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