to the victims of nccsa who feel responsible for the their trauma:
i was a victim of online nccsa when i was a young teenager. i’m 22 years old now and have gone through a plethora of trauma but i’ve never felt more responsible for any of it than i did for the nccsa
now that i’m older and i’ve had some time to gain a little perspective on what it’s like to be near the age of some of the people who hurt me, i want to tell you that you are NOT responsible for the things that adults did to you. even if you said yes, even if you “consented”, even if you thought you were in love, even if nothing came of the abuse, even if it was “just online”
the feelings you experience surrounding your trauma are valid and your trauma was not your fault, the fault lies in the adults who chose to hurt you REGARDLESS of their reasoning
