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What I can say about this since I lived through this and much much worse is the only way you can not let your past ruin your future is to find a way to let it go. I am a Jesus Freak but that does not mean you just walk around forgiving everything and everyone. However in order to let it go so you have some kind of future that is not jacked up and plagued with yesterday is to forgive it.

Not let the person off, forgive it so you can let it go. I am free of those shackles because I don't want to pay with the rest of my life what was not my debt to start with. Evil adults stole my childhood I would be insane to give them my adulthood. Jesus for me helps me because when it gets dark I have a refuge. A refuge man can not provide what is man gonna say "sorry" ?

Take a wild guess what happens to the people who don't let it go, they self destruct or inflict abuse on others. For some letting it go is a lifelong attempt and it could be any healthy way they need. The thing is when you are a child abuse vic, you tend to attract other child abuse vic's as adults and you would be very surprised how many sexual abuse vic's there are. But most will never know because many will never speak of it except to another vic, mostly male vic's don't talk of it.

I took the "narrow" path because I did not want to be the parent I was raised with. So saying you forgive because you found Jesus may sound simple but it is not, not for a moment.

God bless you, Mask. You are now one of my heroes. :)

Well said. Congrats on taking charge of your life. The Lord will grant you many blessings for it.