Harrison James

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1,537 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard May 2026 last heard 8 Jul

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The Hook Up · Harrison James on Love And Healing After Child Sexual Abuse · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

I can't really concentrate it to one feeling or anything like that.

But there was just this urgency to do something with it.

And I think I came to the understanding that what happened to me was not my fault, but it was my responsibility to do something with it and not let it fester.

And yeah, this whole idea of breaking a cycle and stuff like that, I had that.

I just, I don't know what struck me with it, but I had the foresight to want to sort it out early in my life.

This was around the time where I was 20, 21, 22.

I'm 26 now.

I'm still working on these things and still picking up different techniques and leaning on different support networks to be able to heal through it.

But I feel as though I have garnered the tools to be able to manage when triggers arise and stuff like that, which is a wonderful thing.

But to get back to your question, when I had that first opportunity to speak out publicly, it was like a tea kettle going off.

It was just the steam had to come out and there had to be some release.

And for me to be able to film myself and put it on social media and have an impact, that was just sort of the most immediate action I could take to feel some sort of response.

Because the thing about abuse and trauma, Dee, and you articulate it really beautifully in your book as well,

It's that how isolating it is and the shame that encapsulates you.

And I felt so alone during that period and I just needed to establish some connection in some way.

And as I said, it was, there was this sense of urgency I possessed and that filming that video and putting it on social media was just the first thing that I could do.

Yeah, well, there was a big response and lots of people came forward and said, I've been through something similar.

I've never seen a young guy talk about anything like this.

And there was obviously awful comments as well, but the positive ones outweighed those negative ones.

And then obviously from a behind the scenes perspective, in real life, not on social media, you know, my father wasn't happy about me speaking out and didn't enjoy that part of it because he was actually being held accountable in some way, as well as my stepmother.

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