Sooo, the healing continues. Focusing on what went wrong with the family dynamic. I have learned, there is never any upside to keeping secrets and lies to, "protect the family." This is what went wrong. My family kept the secret to not embarrass the family name. Inadvertently, and maybe sometimes not so inadvertently, they were protecting the monster. Shame, shame, shame! Because of this i and many other children were abused and our lives were forever changed by the monster. Change the dysfunctional cycle,,,if it exists in your family or someone you know. take a breath...and SPEAK!!!!