[Content warning: grooming]

So, as a kid, I was a very vulnerable, lonely autistic child with not a lot of friends. Because of this, I resorted to talking to people online so I could finally be accepted. Of course, the main people who paid attention to me weren't children, but creepy adults who knew I was around 7 or 8.

As a little girl (I'm transmasc), it's the norm to seek relationships with boys and not other girls, so when some older men wanted to "date" me, I of course, said yes, thinking they were also 8-10.

This happened until I was about 13 with seeking people online. Of course, only the lying older men would pay attention to me.

Since then, I was punished. My phone was taken away, which could be a form of protection, but I was also told I was not a victim and that it was my fault, and that I gave myself trauma. Now, I am not being punished and I am okay.