I was raped when I was 8 years old.
By a grownup that I truly trusted, he writes.
And because I was terrified, and confused, I went back the next day and was raped again.
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I never told anyone what happened, but today Im telling you.
And anyone else who cares to listen.
It fed up my childhood.
It fed up my adolescence.
It fed up my whole life, he says.
The kid before hard to remember, Diaz continues in the piece.
Trauma is a time traveller, an ouroboros that reaches back and devours everything that came before.
And thats what it feels like to say the words, X.
Like Im being given a second chance at the light.
Diaz recently wrappedthe tourfor his new childrens bookIslandborn, which has earned rave reviews.
you’ve got the option to read his interview with EW about the bookhere.
Read Diazs fullNew Yorkeressayhere.
