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PATRICIA DEBNEY

One in 6 children is sexually abused, 90% by someone they know and trust, within the family fold. I was one of those children. An author of five books, I now turn myself to raising awareness, breaking the silences, and sharing lived experiences of CSA (Child Sexual Abuse). We must speak and stop this. The time is now.

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CONTENTS WARNING: child sexual abuse, trauma, PTSD

  • where so many of us are right now12th February 2026
    But we can do this. More soon. Hold tight.
  • anger29th January 2026
    Safe to say it’s been a grim few days, on top of already grim days, on top of a hard year. I was raised never to be angry. Never to disrupt. Never to raise a fuss. For abuse victim survivors of any sort, anger can bring with it a variety of outcomes, all bad: more … Continue reading anger
  • are we finally at #metooCSA?14th January 2026
    So. I spent the first nine months of 2025 feeling pretty freaked out: everything seemed worse, and likely to keep getting worse. Pillars of what most people in the world have taken to be truths and even basic human rights crumbled and continued to crumble. I for one felt that the ground I had stood … Continue reading are we finally at #metooCSA?

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