Sideways
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Over the last 2 days, I went through the process of giving a videoed statement to the police about my child abuse.
The guy responsible is (a) still alive (dang) and b) pretty bright. I'm actually anticipating that even though it's 20 years ago, he will have made a point of keeping some sort of evidence that it didn't happen, like a daily desk diary showing he was too incredibly busy and important to have time to sexually abuse kids.
Has anyone been through a similar process? If so, how do you manage the anxiety of waiting for the police to do their thing, and what sort of tips can you offer in terms of staying sane and not letting the ideas about what might happen turn you completely batty?
In my head, this doesn't end up at trial, and he doesn't actually end up even being charged. Partly that's my happy garden of denial, partly it's me doing the stats on these things...!
The guy responsible is (a) still alive (dang) and b) pretty bright. I'm actually anticipating that even though it's 20 years ago, he will have made a point of keeping some sort of evidence that it didn't happen, like a daily desk diary showing he was too incredibly busy and important to have time to sexually abuse kids.
Has anyone been through a similar process? If so, how do you manage the anxiety of waiting for the police to do their thing, and what sort of tips can you offer in terms of staying sane and not letting the ideas about what might happen turn you completely batty?
In my head, this doesn't end up at trial, and he doesn't actually end up even being charged. Partly that's my happy garden of denial, partly it's me doing the stats on these things...!