Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2568

Tonight's special guest is Nick Murray from Jarrettsville, Maryland. He grew up in an upper middle class family, typical nuclear family. Nick was molested when he was 12 by a 14 year old. Now he's an entrepreneur working on developing a business around helping survivors of abuse share their stories on social media, by sharing his own experience, and educating others. Nick explains about his abuser, "He groomed me and talked about male anatomy. We could go on vacations as a family and I only can really remember that my mom would not always be present because she would be working. She definitely paid more attention than then she does now. I feel like I hold resentment towards my parents," Nick says, "because I never felt support from them emotionally. I don’t have many negative emotions associated with the abuse because I was so young and didn’t realize how bad it really was until the past few years." He's moving his life ahead. "I am an entrepreneur working on developing a business around helping survivors of abuse share their stories on social media, by sharing my own experience, and educating others. I feel like this is the biggest part of my healing, sharing my own experience on social media and hearing others share theirs." This idea is relatively new to Nick. "At first, I just wanted to make money playing video games and live streaming. But then I found a greater purpose, which is to eventually narrow down to helping gamers share their abuse stories. Because I know I used games as an escape and probably many others do."