He was my step-brother
Two years younger than me
He said he didn't realize what he was doing affected me
We knew each other for our wholes lives
We met when I was 5 and he was 3
The incidents didn't start until middle school
They didn't end until I graduated high school
I call them incidents because everything was minimized
My therapist told me it was sexual abuse but my family conditioned me to think otherwise
My parents never believed me when I told them what was happening or they took his side
I was in denial for years
I tried to tell myself I was overreacting, that it was no big deal
But it was and it is.
