[dhubris]

> He keeps saying over and over how he could never tell anyone because it would get out. But that’s his false axiom. Talking would’ve been the only way to find release.

There are huge elements of shame at work here. No, it is not logical to feel shame over being abused as a child. Nonetheless, it becomes one of your most closely guarded secrets because you are ashamed.

It can take years to get to a point of being able to talk about it and be able to process it, assuming you can find the safe space to do so.