10/20/2025
Age 11, is when I started self harming to deal with the pain of the sexual abuse. As the saying goes, secrets make you sick …. and indeed it did.
My name is Shauntell Rohner. I go by Telle Wild Rose in my writing, I’m a poet. I’m also a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse, and in**st. It started at age 3, by an older male cousin. He approached me under the guise of, it being ''a game'' that only me and him could play. He did everything imaginable. Too terrible to repeat. He would go on to abuse me, until I was 14. The abuse only ended, when I finally spoke up and told someone what I was going through. Unfortunately, the justice system turned me away, and I never received legal justice for what was done. At 14, I was diagnosed with CPTSD, major depression, and anxiety. At age 20, I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Then later I was diagnosed with depressive psychosis, where I would hear and see things others could not. I’ve been in and out of inpatient, er visits for self-harm, and struggled with being suicidal.
I wore long shirts to hide the scars. Being abused, wrecked havoc on my psyche. My mental health was turned to ashes. I’ve been in therapy since I was 14, but something profound happened to me at age 25. I met the living God. Jesus Christ came into my heart, and began to heal those broken places. I’m 32 now, and I can honestly say he's given and still giving me beauty, for ashes. I’m not at the finish line yet, but I’m striving to get there day by day. I may not have gotten the type of justice I wanted but I know my Redeemer lives, and He remembers and has not forgotten. He is a Just God. I leave it all in His hands. Hallelujah. I live my life now being a voice in the wilderness for those that do not have their own, through the creative outlet of poetry. Please, DON’T wait, tell somebody. It will bring healing to you and many others, that need to hear your story.
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Child abusers, please stop and seek therapy and God.
Parents, talk with and believe your children. ❤️
Survivors, seek therapy. 💪🏽
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