Stephanie Soo

I took them swimming and it was just like small things that the kids would say.

Like, can we sleep over at his house today?

And just like he just gave her a weird feeling.

Yeah.

Not that relatives can't be abusers.

Obviously, clearly they can.

But it's like it's like your old minister from the church.

I can't imagine ever sleeping over at my minister's house unless there was like a Bible study with a lot of church leaders involved and like.

Or like you usually have sleepovers at the church is what I recall growing up religious.

Not that I'm religious anymore, but it's just weird.

And so she just has this weird feeling about the whole thing.

Yes.

And it's like triggering these feelings in her.

And that's when she says, quote, I finally put it together that yes, that did happen to me.

Looking back, what kind of impacted the abuse that you suffered have on your life?

I struggled with anxiety and depression ever since I could remember.

I had horrible insomnia as a kid.

I was afraid to go to bed or sleep in my own bed.

When I was probably 13, 14 is when I had severe depression and I just didn't know why.

I would sit at home and I would just cry.