Child Abuse Survivor interview-Grant

Grant I hope you will come back to look at the comments even though your interview was done a year ago: just want you to know that I have nothing but the very best wishes for you, I hope that your life will be surrounded by love and support going forward, and know that you do not have to carry the trauma of other people’s evil: those who did you wrong, they’ll have to live with their mistakes and face the judgment of God one day

incredibly brave. thank you for sharing. I also remember VERY little of my childhood and suspect because of some 'fantasy' stuff that I have as an adult point to likely abuse when I was a kid. I can't get to it or any other parts of my childhood, I've even just started Ketamine Therapy to try and unravel deep depression present since I was around 20. Now, 57. Thanks for sharing Grant. I'm here in LA as well.

My whole life carrying this weight. Everytime i watch one of your portraits i feel like the weight is just getting lighter. Ty

God bless you Grant. I wish the best for you🥰

Thank you very much.for sharing your story. Your are very brave. Much respect. Much respect. 😢

Sounds like his mother as
Possessed.

Thankyou for sharing your story Grant. Incredible. Any time a person can endure a childhood like yours and actually be ok as an adult and display resilience and build a functional life for themselves against all the odds, it honestly amazes me. Full credit to you Grant. What you have overcome is extraordinary. Your strength and your courage and your insight is inspiring. Please continue to use your story as an example to other child abuse survivors who are trying so hard to be ok but are struggling with substance abuse and toxic lifestyles. Your story is a shining light to those people.

My heart aches for what you had to endure....but hope the strength you have found brings you happiness forevermore...
Youre incredibly powerful.🎉🎉🎉🎉
Be extremely proud of all youve achieved.🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wow.. Mother was a proper sadist 😳

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I’m so very, very sorry that you’ve had to experience so much pain and horror 🙅‍♀️
Your interview is hard to watch but at the same time so much of what you explain resonates hugely with me. I was SA by my uncle between 2 and 6 years. Then it stopped. But the effects last to this day. I’m 63 now. The ‘remembering’ started around 10. Sleep walking, anxiety which developed into Anorexia at 12. Prescribed Valium at 13, a life time of medications and therapy. But the worst effects impacted in every aspect of my life. Relationships with men were abusive. I remember looking at a Christmas tree at about 12 and just felt so terribly sad like I didn’t want to be here. The suicidal thoughts have been with me to this day. It’s an exhausting way to live. I felt as if everything was my fault and still do. Life is just so hard and exhausting.
The most sad thing in my life is my 38 year old daughter has problems some are to do with me. I did my best to parent her and I would die for her yet there is distance between us. I wish I knew how I was during her growing up. I sought help from Therapists from 19 asa I could go alone. I kept so much from my Mum and Dad. I think my Mum knew and stopped it. Parents both dead now. I have had so much more abuse in various ways during my life. I just feel so utterly messed up. I would like to connect better with my daughter who is 38. She’s a psychologist and knows quite a lot of my story. She said I was over protective. Yep, how can you not be. I have daily flash backs. I’ve read so much about this subject my mind is full of it. Desperate to know why?
Please keep hanging in there. You’re doing an amazing job with your life. 🥰

If I called my mom butthead, she would wipe the floor with me

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I thought i was the anti christ when i was 11 years old

Oh wow. Hes a survivor! Hes hero! Hes healing himself in his own special way abd has saved himself grom destruction. Hes an inspiration to many. And he has his own soecial relationship with his higher power. Blessings will come his way.

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I’m so happy for you❤
That your healing
All my love
You give me strength not to give up❤❤❤❤

Children should be told and assured as part of a new direction of human culture that anything before 18 years old is NOT THEIR SHIT. Nothing is of their doing. Once adults it is then when actions become individuals responsibility. Too much 'victimhood mentality' makes it their shit to deal with. Even the vile perpetrators are reacting to other peoples crap. Change in the culture of abuse. Abusers telling the child. This is my shit you are stuck dealing with, would be a better. Society and its preciousness and creating the victim mentality is just as big a problem as the acts of fuked up adults.

The strength of this man is fkn incredible!

I can’t understand this….its shit…this man’s parents put him thru private school…PRIVATE…..would cost them dearly…..I can’t say he was not abused by his mom. In my family there is alcohol…we manage it…we don’t use it as an excuse for bad behaviour…..many of us are just sad 😢

as a mother with a 2 year old son my heart BREAKS for you Grant. you deserved so much more !!!! you deserve the world and are worthy for real love. your parents should be in prison !!!

Thank you so much Grant.

What a beautiful human Grant is. He has such a gentleness and kindness about him despite the trauma he has been through. Very strong character and although I don’t know him I feel incredibly proud of him and the way he is living life now. I wish him all the very best. He deserves nothing but happiness

I would love to tell my story with your audience. Everyone’s experience is so different and others may click with one person vs another story. I’d really like to talk about my story with your audience

Oh my this one got me harder than any other ....i literally felt a hate for his mother and i don't hate a single person in my life at this point...but this...i have one daughter and through her i have a grandson that i am so very very close with we co-sleep because of some abuse he went through around 2 years old so he is scared to sleep alone.... He is 4 now i cannot imagine taking advantage of that precious sweet soul he is so gentle and innocent the love i have for him is so pure ....how could someone take advantage of that!!! My heart literally breaks for the little boy you were Grant.... I love that you said don't carry it on we dont have to become the abuse we endured!!! And also what an eye opener when you said you fantasized about shooting up your school the unknown pain you were walking through alone and nobody knowing!!!!
Parents weren't all bad is the wrong thing to say they were actually the worse type because the father was obviously turning a blind eye and the fact that they justified it all because "we are putting food on the table and clothes on your back" so i can do what i want!!! Complete Bullshit!!!! You are a complete survivor!!! Maybe get involved in bringing this crap to light helping others come forward we need crusader's to help pave the way for others to feel safe coming forward!

To say “your parents weren’t all bad”, is insensitive. Your parents were the worst kind. They gave the material illusion of a safe space, but it was actually unsafe.

You’re an incredible, strong man. You are loved. 💝🌈🙏

This was so boring to watch, HES GOT AN OPPRESSION THATS GOT TO DO WITH DEMONS. GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST AND HE WILL SET YOU FREE.

God bless this poor dear man❤❤❤❤

What an inspiring story! I am right on the edge of a breakthrough, im holding on so tight to my past...the war within between full surrender and holding on is real.

Grant, I don’t know you personally, but after watching your interview, I felt compelled to reach out. You’ve endured unimaginable pain, yet your strength and courage shine through. The way you’ve risen above your trauma and shared your story is truly inspiring. I have no doubt that your honesty and vulnerability will help so many young people who have also been abused. Your journey of healing and resilience will give hope to others who are struggling, showing them that they, too, can overcome the darkest moments. You are a beacon of strength, and I’m so proud of the example you’ve set. Thank you for your bravery and for helping others through your story.
Mark, thank you for always interviewing the most incredible human beings! You’re giving them a safe place to tell their life stories with out judgement but with love and support! I love you for this and will always be a loyal subscriber! ❤

Wow.

Sounds to me like he's had some amazing counselors and professional help

Mr.Grant I thought you were younger than 38! You’re a strong and very intelligent man. You seem extremely kind as well. Thank you for sharing your story. Hugs to you and wish you the best!

I feel like the “they weren’t that bad” comments are simply because it’s a man saying these things… stigma is a disease. Men can be raped. Men can feel the same horrors as women.

I couldn't go back or hurt anyone because I always took the pain on myself. I hurt everywhere. My body and mind had no peace, and my emotions needed more pot. I always ran to the woods to chill out. I always had homework to do, learning was work. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. Now I know my parents had trauma with demons hooked on the trauma and they became vulnerable to what the devil used them to do. I couldn't help them, so I had to leave and raise my kids. I had D.I.D. and Jesus helped me pray over a couple years as he healed me of D.I.D. I have auto immune battles I am praying with Jesus for wisdom to break out of them. The journey feels like a mud crawl in fatigues in full military garb, but the victories are heaven on earth. God says I have 27 yrs left so I plan to help others get free and to know God is helping them if they just talk to him. a lg stuffed animal to sleep with might speed up your touch issues

Iv read some comments but … it’s important to know that the parents are replaying their childhoods… I’m not saying young persons abuse is explained it is not but the reenactment in some parents is something they do not recognise …. My female thing was something that i tried to understand…. One moment it was listening to a kid the next she was Marilyn Monroe wannabe the next she was back & just tormented & in a dark place disgruntled with her outcome …. Then it would replay I had two beautiful babies both girls both wonderful it took me a daily war to keep them safe & i had no idea what or why i was having to go to extremes to make sure they’re life’s were happy & away from what ever we were near …. I just did not understand i was slow so slow I couldn’t learn & didn’t know why I’m into crafts & arts it was a way to distract the girls from those who wanted to cause harm … & guess what it was that thing of a mother thing that engineered every piece of harm & i never realised that…. That mother thing was just like that thing here she’d float around in the nude …. Weird real weird… i started to get real angry but mine was based on those interfering with my girls rights i wanted the best for them they wanted abuse & getting my girls away from them was so unsupported it was a living war

Wow. 😞

Grant, i'm so sorry for what happened to you.
I think you are a wonderful man. I love how you say "its their bullshit" and can now laugh at certain situations you remember.
Its clear from your eyes, face, and body at times during your interview to see how difficult talking about your abuse was for you. I just wanted to comfort you.
I think any lady would be lucky to have you as a boyfriend or partner. You look younger than your age, and have such insight, and compassion from your experiences.
I'm so pleased you got the help intervention you needed when your poor mind and body just couldnt take the stress any more.
I hope you are doing good and still receiving help and therapy.
Love from the UK xx

Man, I just want to give this ɓrother a hug and tell him Im glad hes still here.

If there is one person on earth I would like to give a hug to, it would be you Grant. I was bawling and feeling gut wrenching horror while listening to your story. The trauma you have gone through most people could not even imagine. You survived horrifying circumstances, and you are 100% correct it is NOT your fault it is THEM who are the demons. You are so so courageous to share what happened and I'm certain it will help other men/boys who are going through or who have gone through similar trauma.

Awww, Grant. You weren't the demon in your house. It was your mother. She's the demon, Hon. None of that was your fault. You didn't deserve any of that crap. You deserve to feel safe and nurtured, and I'm so sorry that you didn't receive that. You can't change the past, but you can be kind to yourself now. I'm praying for you. 🙏

this man's mother is a pedo monster -

No child should ever have to be abused like this, they all deserve happy/healthy childhoods..😢 and im glad he promotes not continuing the abusive cycle, but Idk about him working with disabled kids.. they are some of the most vulnerable. Looking at similar cases involving sa of children, many of the offenders will work with children or in environments where they have access to and authority over vulnerable children/ngos to help children, teachers, pastors, coaches, cps, hospital staff etc. Him talking about having to change diapers is worrysome... idk how i feel about men in these positions. But as well know, women can be predators as well. It's a sickness with no cure besides death imo.

Love to you my friend 🤍♥️🤍
Sorry you had these experiences and now you can find peace. Unfortunately the scars stay with us…

❤😢amazing man👏😊 Bravo to your resilience, resolve and now bright future❤❤❤

❤breaking story

Brave guy😢

This young man is 100% on the point. I was sexually abused as a child I have never ever wanted to sexually abuse anyone. I hate when people say the abuser was abused that is why they are abusing . Fuck that!! they are abusing others because they want to.

Thank you all for watching my video and for your outpouring of love and support. It means a lot to me in ways hard to describe. I honest to God wasn’t expecting this. To those suffering in silence: you may feel alone but you are never alone. Hope you get some help.