the outspoken tv celeb sadhika venugopal has made headlines with her bold statements beforesadhika was recently seen raising the issue of child abuse and opened up that she is also a victim of such harassment she received critical comments for making her stand clear while a group of people appreciated her courage to confess the truth some of her fans referred to it as a publicity stunt while talking to timesofindiacom she narrated the horrific experience and how it affected her life talking about the post the actress shared that a large number of women experience sexual abuse during their childhood sadhika would like to call them a survivor and not the victimi am a survivor of child abuse i have undergone the trauma the frustrations and depressionseverything still i am leading a dignified life this is the story of many she sharedtalking about the abuse she has undergone sadhika stated that a child can only be abused by someone who is known to the family and the predator generally shares a close connection with the kid which they misusei had the bad experience when i was only 5 the person is very well known to my family i remember seeing him almost every day your child can rarely be abused by a stranger only a person whom you have given a special place in your own family can be the predator the actress statedsadhika shared that the mental trauma was deeprooted it was only during her twenties she was able to reveal it for the first timei was afraid or i didnt know how much it had affected me till i had a practical session during my psychology classes when the professor asked about that one thing which you havent revealed to anyone till this date this was the thing i had then i realised how much it had affected me it had such a far stretched effect that my married life wasnt spared either she revealsthe psychology graduate shared that the mental trauma and trust issues are the real threats of child abuse she added that child abuse is worse than rape as it haunts the person even after decades the actress mentioned that the child starts developing a notion that the opposite sex is a predator at first the girl child gets a bad experience from one of her close ones then in school or public transport someone would give her bad touches and bad looks in college or working space it will be a request for sexual favours so before getting married the girl perceives an attitude towards men that all of them are bad the reason for my first breakup was that the guy kissed me back then it was a big taboo for me sadhika opens upthe anchor of the kids show boom boom boomerang said that educating a child is the only way to save the future generation from this threat sadhika shared that even if it is hard for the parents to