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Mar 2023
58m 46s

Back From the Abyss

Sven Erlandson
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Note: Trigger warning. Meet Rebecca, who has spent most of her life running from a "...dark black void," the result of an almost unbelievably harrowing childhood and parents who were abusive in the extreme. Sexually assaulted at age 10, mom blames her, drops the charges, and then beats her, and that's only one small part of her story. Regaining a successful ... Show More
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