TW (child abuse) - so upset by news article

[Ritualofayurveda]

I'm sorry in advance, this is a really awful topic. Also sorry if my trigger warning isn't worded properly - I've never had to put one before.

A few days ago I was reading the local news website and saw an article about a man who went to prison for possession of indecent images of children, some of them under 1.

Obviously I've known for a long time that this sort of horror goes on and have always been appalled by it, but now that I have a toddler things like this just affect me so much, but never as much as this. I am struggling to sleep, keep randomly crying and think about it when I'm with my son.

I can't stop thinking of the babies/children, whether they are okay, whether someone is looking after them now. I just wish there was something I could do!

I'm sorry for bringing up such a horrible topic on here. I can't talk to my partner about it as he is a survivor of abuse and it would upset him a lot. Why are there so many horrors in this world?!

I'd say it was sickening but that doesn't even come within a million miles of covering it. Horrible pieces of vermin again that doesn't come close to covering it.

They should bring back the death penalty for people like this. Nothing good will ever come of them

It’s just so utterly horrific isn’t it. One of the recent high profile abuse cases did this to me, I had sleepless nights and random crying for weeks thinking of it.

I was abused as a 9 year old by a family member. It is the worst thing that happened to me but that has mainly been about people (family) hiding my abuser from the repercussions of their abuse. I always appreciate people like you @Ritualofayurveda who speak out and say this stuff is awful. I am now a happy, very well adjusted and relatively healed person.

People not silencing victims of abuse and holding abusers to account would be the single most helpful thing that I believe would help children who were abused from suffering. You would not believe the amount of people who deny abuse and sweep it under the rug for their own comfort.

Aw, OP, it really is just so awful that any human could do such a thing, isn’t it? Just terrible. The very worst.

Why do you think you are spending time with these thoughts, though? Sadly, it won’t help anyone and it might really hurt you. Not saying that you shouldn’t care, but it sounds like you are caring so much it is costing you personally.