Dealing With Early Trauma
It took some time, but after becoming a household name and gaining the experience and confidence to be open about herself and her past finally, 51-year-old Ricki Lake has opened up about the tragedy of her personal life, and importantly how she was able to make it out stronger. She truly believes that talking about trauma is an essential part of recovery.
Source: Instagram, @rickilake
Ricki decided to tell the story of how she was sexually assaulted by a worker at her parents’ home when she was a young girl. “My childhood was stolen because I was sexually assaulted in my home, but my parents never spoke about it! Tragically, she felt utterly alone as her parents never adequately dealt with it…