If I, as a child, claim that something awful has happened—that....

“ If I, as a child, claim that something awful has happened—that someone has done something terrible to me—and everyone around me acts as if nothing is the matter, then either I must be crazy, or all of them are. And when you’re a kid and your life depends on all these people, there is no choice: of course, I must be crazy. ”

E. Sue Blume

From : Secret Survivors