I am still thinking over the interview with Susan Clancy. I was sexually abused over a number of years. At first I did not know it was wrong. I was told it was punishment and, for a time, I accepted that. Over time I realized more and more that what was happening was wrong. As this realization increased so did the trauma (for lack of a better word). At that point I was not only a victim but, because of my acquiescing to abuse when it began, I felt that I bore some blame.

To say that there is no trauma is to define trauma as only being the psychological effect at the time of the act. From my experience it is more progressive.