Actor Ainy Jaffri Rahman has taken a brave step by opening up about her own journey as someone who was sexually abused a child.

 

In a video, Ainy recounted a disturbing incident that occurred when she was just five or six years old. A male servant working in her home lured her into the servant quarters by offering her a lollipop. There, he sexually assaulted her, a traumatic experience she says remains in her memory like a “horror film”.

 

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“I think I was five or six years old and this is one of the stories that I’m going to share. In our house… I was a little girl and was taken by a man, who was our servant. He took me to the servant quarters,” she said.

 

“He gave me a lollipop and took me to the servant quarter,” she said. “He pulled down my trousers and did things to me. I didn’t know what it was, but I knew it was wrong. I just stood there, eating the lollipop.”

 

Despite her young age, Ainy immediately told her mother about the incident.

 

“There was no penetration… maybe he didn’t want me to scream… but thank God I had the presence of mind to go to my mother and tell her,” she said.

 

In a caption alongside the video, Ainy explained why she was choosing to speak out. Her message was not meant to shock or trigger, but to help others who have experienced similar abuse understand that they are not alone, and that their trauma does not define them.

 

“I’m sharing a painful part of my story not to shock or trigger, but to remind anyone who’s been through something similar: you are not what happened to you. Abuse is something done to you — it is not who you are.”

 

She described the deep shame and fear that often keeps victims silent, and how therapy, speaking out and safe spaces can be essential steps in the healing process.

 

“Healing begins when we talk. When we do the hard work to separate our sense of self from the abuse. It’s like an exorcism… a release, a reclaiming of yourself.”

 

To the survivors, she said, “You are never broken.”

 

Ainy ended her message with an urgent appeal to survivors of abuse, especially those who were still silent out of fear or shame.

 

“If you’ve been through something like this, please don’t keep it bottled inside. Seek help. Speak out. Find safe places to unburden. You are never broken. What happened is part of your story, but it is not you.”