Surviving Child Abuse I know someone who survived child and sexual abuse, abandonment, rejection and ostracism. They were an outcast amongst some loved ones and associates. And, for a short period of time during their youth, they were institutionalized for threatening to commit suicide because of the experiences previously endured. The person I write about is well acquainted with the shadowy depths of the mind—anxiety, loneliness, depression and rage. In their despondency, pa