When it all comes down to it, celebrities are just normal people like us with a range of life experiences and emotions. Like so many of us, some of the most famous celebrities have been through some seriously traumatic events, including child abuse. In some ways it can be even harder when you're in the spotlight.
If you think about it, most people aren't born celebrities and we all have to start somewhere. For some of these famous faces, their trauma is what ended up pushing them to achieve greatness. We're also lucky that so many of these celebrities have spoken out and brought awareness to the issue.
Telling the world about your most traumatic moments is no easy task, so we really take our hats off to everyone on this list. Take a look at these 50 amazing people who overcame all of the odds stacked against them. #48's story is the most inspirational of them all!
