During a highly emotional appearance on the advice show, The Daily Helpline Tisha Campbell-Martin dropped a bomb while giving advice to a woman who suffered from sexual assault.
“You can no longer be a victim. You have to be victorious at this point. You can’t play the victim because at this point, and I’m not saying this to put you down or anything. What I’m saying is that he is winning, and you are allowing him to win. You are making a conscious decision to harm yourself, to hurt yourself and allow this person to still have dominion over your life. You can’t do that anymore.”
She then revealed that she had also gone through similar struggles with sexual abuse.
“The reason why I can absolutely say this to you without judgment or anything else is, and this is the first time I have ever admitted this on camera in front of millions of people is that I too have been a victim of the same thing. When I was three I was raped, by an older person. Now, I knew as child I did nothing wrong and that this wasn’t my fault, but I have found forgiveness in the guilt that I might’ve had. I felt like, did I pull this in? Did I do something? At three years old? No. It’s a heinous crime.”
According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, over 44% of sexual abused victims are under the age of 18 and 60% sexual assaults are not reported to the police.
We applaud Tisha for being brave and sharing her story. Watch her appearance on The Daily Helpline below: