ABSTRACT
At the age of 11, Shawn was abducted from his neighborhood and forced to live with a sex offender, who enrolled him in school, gave him a pseudonym, and enforced his enslavement with threats and rewards for compliance. Shawn felt his healing from the trauma of his abuse and captivity was directly tied to people understanding the helplessness and terror that kept him trapped with his abuser, enduring repeated trauma and humiliation.
