Sexual violence is common and can have lasting traumatic effects on a survivor.

Sexual trauma can happen to anyone, regardless of your age, gender, or race. Its long-term mental health effects may include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Suicide ideation, anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and increased risk of unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

But no matter your age, gender, or where you’re at, in your healing journey, it is possible to recover from sexual trauma.

We caught up with Nkiru Malvis Aguh, a management and business consultant who is an abuse survivor. She shared with us her story and how she overcame the trauma of sexual abuse.