Daisy Arriaza Research Paper

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Toys, Ice cream, ABC songs, candy, giggles and smiles are memories everyone should have from their childhood, but they are not. Tears and silence are memoires of many children who are sexually abused. Child sexual abuse has become an epidemic, spreading everywhere and attacking the younger ones. Charles J. Felzen states and claims in the journal The lancet that, “It is an insidious, persistent, and serious problem that, depending on the population studied and definition used, affects 2-62% of women and 3-16% of men as victims. Pain and tissue injury from child sexual abuse can completely heal in time, but psychological and medical consequences can persist through an individual’s entire life.” (Felzen 462). My name is Daisy Arriaza and I myself…show more content…
I am a young woman who has overcome many harsh times. I cannot deny that what happened 13 years ago did not affect me, because it did, it truly did. Johnson says “…child sexual abuse can have both immediate and long-term adverse psychological effects that carry over into adulthood…other psychological consequences, such as depression, interfere with quality of life.” (Felzen 462) This certainly explains my personality since I grew up being a shy and quite person. This ghost of silence has followed me everywhere. It has been my one and only friend, my everlasting shadow. There are times when I forget what my voice sounds like; it becomes unrecognizable. “What happened to it? Is it gone forever?” are questions I ask myself all the time. But there are times when I run away from this ghost of silence and make sure my voice is heard. “Why stay in silence when we are given the freedom of speech? Why silence ourselves when we are gifted with a voice?” Is what I say. Then soon this ghost finds me again and haunts me with silence. But I’m brave, strong and fighting. Soon, very soon, the time will come when silence no longer will follow me but vanish. It won’t trick me since I know it is my worst enemy. And the only shadow following me will be my

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