Thank you for this sharing. There have been other minor indications that my dad could have molested me in some way. They dont need to know this story, they just need to know you are not feeling happy and are anxious want to talk to someone. They also showed me porn. Then I adopted this behavior very peculiar for kids to do. It must have been really hard to hear your mother tell you something so shocking about your father as well, that alone must have been traumatic. I dont know what I want or like sexually even though Im rather liberal and yes, I do have fantasies of being raped, and constantly berate myself for it. We think you might find our article on the mother wound interesting here https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/the-mother-wound-under-mothered.htm. Its just that its still sadly not talked about enough. Good luck! The main thing is to think of your own self care and what you can and cant handle, and to find support to help you. OMG I hated hearing that again. I blocked it out of my memory for so long because I was embarrass and only really remembered it at the start of this year. I am taking my children to a friends birthday party tomorrow and it made me realize I cannot remember any detail of even one childhood birthday party on mine. And i remember this dream I had multiple times where it was just him staring at me from just outside my bedroom door and each dream he would get closer and closer. I have has sexual excitations since I can remember. Psychodynamic therapy might actually have helped. Depression? In any case, is there anyone you can talk to? Im 17 years old now but I remember when I was really young and just starting to wear bras, my older brother (who is just a couple years older than me) gave me a forward hug but put his hand up my shirt and under my bra, so he was touching my bare back. They would mentally abuse me and make me feel left out all the time and the only way I could feel accepted was if I did these things with them and after a while I started to feel like this was normal and this was my way of fitting in. He did force me to kiss him though and it really made me uncomfortable. Are you currently seeing a counsellor? I also remember being curious of boy private parts and would constantly try to touch them or hit them. How do I know if I had a hypomanic episode? At first I didnt think there was anything wrong with it because we were kids but pretty quickly I started feeling bad and sick about it I remember crying thinking I wasnt daddys little girl anymore. This was all 30 years ago. Incredibly so. But Im not sure if this is even a real memory or something I may have dreamed up. She just laughed! whenever someone even lays their hand or even their head on my stomach i tense up and my muscles start moving sort of like im trembling or something, i cannot even do it myself without getting the willies. ive had bulimia for 4 years about and its been hard getting over it i just cant get myself to. But, some things he used to do were really strange, like when hed shove my head under his shirt (keep in mind, we barely knew this guy). Have you ever been asked to perform a sexual act against your will? Quiz: Are You Being Sexually Harassed? Later the neighbor boy who was about 2 years older was showing me his movies that make him feel good, then he said that he would tell my mom that we watched these movies unless I did what they were doing in the movie. My husband was the first guy I ever touched and sex was gross and painful. This is very characteristic of people who have been sexually abused. Then what? Called non contact or covert sexual abuse, this can look like someone who constantly exposed their body to you, forced you to expose your body, showed you pornography, or constantly talked about sexual things to you. What Im still battling with is Christianity which makes my relationship to my mom very hard to nurture, since I blame the dogma for my moms wrong behaviour. I would put myself in sexual situations with men even when I didnt necessarily want sex. In kindergarten on the first day I was caught playing Ill show you mine if you show me yours with a little boy. Including that your parent figure is leaving you feel unseen, unheard, unloved and unsafe. i make a lot of sexual or double meaning jokes. You are brave, and youve got this far. Seizing of legs in young girls is a common way to self soothe, and touching and exploring your body as well as looking at it is normal. I was at his house almost every weekend at that age, but I only have a handful of memories of him. Im scared i will lose myself wont be able to or want to function. I know for sure that he physically abused him while he was young in elementary school. Eventually my mom and sometimes even my aunt would catch us doing these things and tell us how bad it was but never did they take real actions to make It stop. i thought about it in high school and i couldnt understand why i tried to end my life. My young mind was still developing, but I could tell this was something that wasnt right. Are you safe right now? And if you live in UK, know that there are free helplines you can call when you feel really alone. One day my mom knew there was something wrong going on and that day she took me home and asked me if my cousin had done something to me and I said no various times but I didnt want to tell my mother the truth I was so small and then after moving to the U.S my moms husband touch me inappropriately more than once and I think I came to the country when I was maybe 8 or 9. Who you can trust and talk openly with? It forces far too many teens into sexual behaviour they are not ready for and dont even want. I feel an obligation to please him. I was terrified of even saying its a possibility. Hi there, first of all, 17 is still very young. Best, HT. I am 16 and feel as if I was molested around age 7-10. You deserved to be heard and sympathized with. There were other guys between him. But I didnt feel like I was entitled to those feelings and I guess thats why Im writing this. When I am drunk I can be very sexual and am much more likely to enjoy the sex. Sexual curiosity amongst children is not classified as abuse unless one child very purposely assaults the other. What is holding you back from discussing all this with your therapist? I have not told anyone and do not feel safe writing it down onto paper for fear someone will read it. Hi everyone. We are afraid what youll find with an internet search is really as much as wed know about. Are you still in therapy? The best thing would be if you could work with a counsellor with experience of young people worried about or who have experienced abuse. And he showed himself such a great man to everyone. And if at this point you cant imagine sex at all, thats ok. Hope that helps. And that the Christian community puts a big onus on forgiveness. I dont really remember much to 5-10. But also, unless we or someone else had a time machine, there is nobody who can tell you if you were or werent raped. The damage done by bad therapy cant be compared to a bad date at all its an experience of finding even the professionals wont believe that you or treat you like youre just crazy for trying to talk about whats actually happened. I went a long with him and didnt feel scared at all. It does not matter what anyone else thinks or says about it. They question your credibility. Reading all your comments has given me the strength to tell mine and convinced me more than ever that I was sexually abused as a small child. I remember wanting to play a board game with someone who was supposed to be like an older brother to me. If you are looking for permission to blame your family, thats a bit trickier, and worth looking at how that will help you or hinder you before engaging in. We were very close so I would often lie in his bed and didnt think much of it (I was used to having girl friends rather than guy friends) and I remember he would lie next to me and would sometimes roll over so he was on top of me. It does sound like you have all the symptoms of someone who experienced abuse. Somehow my mind completely blocked any of this out from that point on and allowed me to survive thinking I had a great childhood. Theres definite huge gaps and blackouts. I was 5 year old boy I got raped buy a guy and that was 1995 I recently found him on Facebook who did that to me Ive never told anyone cos I was ashamed of it ,it has damage me as guy left me with to much anger its really hard to trust anyone but now I want my justice Ive contacted to police Wed say what now is seek support about this. But what we see in this comment at least is guilt about sex, again, wed ask if it was religious and cultural, if youve been told that is bad when it absolutely isnt. If for you it was traumatic, and you are upset about it, then that means it is important to find some support and help to work through this. Are you from a Christian family that taught you shame about your body? Anyway, if youve read this far, thank you for at least reading this. It leaves every person who experiences it mired in shame, guilt, fear and anxiety. This is not your fault. Lucy, thank you for this honest sharing. And Ive never told anyone. That is what therapists do. Finally, one of the best ways to help our loved ones is to help ourselves first and inspire by example. I have had ther sexual abuse done to me and i was raped but that dream disturbs me the most. I hardly remember anything from my childhood up until age 10, but I have this memory of my uncle playing with me and tickling my thighs. Do find our other article on the new definition of sexual abuse. My friendships come fast and end on bad notes and they just come and go. I just feel like that is only way to make them happy and to stay. I dreamed that I was in bed and I couldnt move. Have you sought help and support? Best, HT. After the last therapy under hypnsosis, tickle dreams came back and i am always at my uncles house or he is very often in my dreams. 1. I cant actual say out loud what my fear is its hard to write. And wed just also say that all these things can be a result of other trauma. What is important is to shift your attention to getting help with symptoms, which you are doing, which is great. But how do I heal when Im only 99% sure something happened? Their music is the positive pulse that keeps me alive and moving forward. That the primary problem wasnt that I had been abused but that I wasnt thinking clearly and was blowing things out of proportion. for that reason i havent had sex yet. The more I thought about it the more other things slipped into place. Is it necessary for me to try to discover the source of my trauma? I did also self harm cause the thoughts were being too much. Physical abuse, a mother who was not mentally or emotionally present to give you the support and love any child needs, moving country.you are absolutely right that its not right to dismiss any of this, and it makes us sad you saw a counsellor who didnt seem able to see you were suffering so much, possibly even from trauma-induced PTSD if you are always anxious and jumpy. I dont know what to do. Is it possible that its just my PTSD causing this and not related to any sexual abuse? coming around my mother, sleeping over and i have a temper i will admit. I have nightmares about him in that bathroom, and Im afraid of going to the restroom at school. Hi Tracey, two things first, read our article on What to do if you think youve been abused as it might have helpful information. Its a lot to unravel alone. A counsellor can create a safe space for you to work through this and to help you uncover what else is upsetting you. I worry too much what people think of me, constantly thinking that people are speaking about me behind my back, Im too willing to please, always wanting to make people happy and overly apologetic even if the fault isnt my own. Nobody seems to know how to help me. So be patient with yourself, and also proud of yourself for getting help. I actually also had some infections down there when I was younger too. But so too do many other traumas happen. Im tired of feeling like the sickest person on earth. Ive also had a very hard fight with depression and substance abuse. I freaked out and somehow convinced them not to and nothing was happening. Hi Stef, there is no age when they do or dont come back. 3. I have a foggy mind constantly, I dont remember things, I am very depressed (especially these days since I lost the man I am still in love with). Jade, thank you for this courageous sharing. The brain is a survival machine. I got pregnant young trying to please the boyfriend i had at the time. The mother continues to ask over and over again after being told no 100 plus times now hes saying something did happen to shut them up from asking. But there seems to be a bit of anxiety here, a bit of worry, and a sense of not belonging that goes all the way back to childhood, and that this comment by the neighbour has really triggered it. Because the truth regardless of what did or didnt happen, you are having many issues that are really holding you back and leaving you unhappy. Hi V, thanks for sharing. I startle very easily. Stashing pornography when I found some somewhere once, stealing my dads porn tape to watch back at my mums, I crept into my mums bedroom when I was small to listen to her having sex with someone (I cant remember who), I was always touching myself, rubbing myself down there. Are you sexually acting out with others, do you have abusive fantasies, anxiety, depression, dissociation? They seem to be increasing and I dont know why. Also, note that if you dont want to talk about sex, then you dont have to. It doesnt necessarily mean they were abused. I was thinking about trying hypnotherapy. I cant make amends with my own skin. A counsellor or therapist wont think that youve done anything wrong or have anything to be ashamed of and the story wont be surprising to them, no matter how in your mind you might feel ashamed. I just am not sure if I got abused by my dad that young would it have an effect on me now at 13. Child Sexual Abuse Awareness & Prevention- FP Pt9. Emotional Abuse Test: Am I Emotionally Abused? | HealthyPlace Including an emotional trauma. You are just someone trying to cope. I remember the dog not being a nice dog. Remember that you are not alone and there are people . If you have trauma or have emotional dysregulation then regular counselling where you just talk about your past might not work or could potentially just keep you in a state of feeling traumatised and resorting to self-harm. Besides it has been a year since I first started panicking about this and I havent experienced any other flashbacks. He asked me if I had been abused, but I told him I couldnt remember, which I still cant. Children are sexually curious and many children play out sexual games with other children. Give yourself some credit for your resilience and for doing your best with all this. Is there a family member you trust? constantly using innuendo in conversation. Im too ashamed to tell anyone about it. And my love life is mess. I dont know whether that memory has any relevance. My parents would tell me it was very bad if they caught me but never explain why. Hes a very anxious person and was growing up to the point he used to throw up on regular occasions from being anxious I remember him saying to stop at the time and I think I asked him whether we could do it once a year at Christmas for some reason and call it the thing to which I think he said yes out of fear. Anicka we are sorry to hear all this. She would just make me feel like I was dirty and shun me for pretty much all my life. Wed highly recommend you seek support over this. Im grateful that I have loving family and friends, but most of all, grateful that I have a strong heart and mind. A good therapist can help you get to the root of all this anxiety. Are you Being Abused? - Test | Quotev I need help/advice. Hi Anonymous, its a topic that deserves more attention. Background on me Im a 6 foot tall man 240 lbs and a violent fighter, so not like I am a sub or was scared. If you arent suffering any other symptoms then try not to judge or shame yourself as its really nothing to be ashamed of. Now the problem is that I dont know why Im like this, I have had homosexual relatives in my life growing up, uncles but it wouldnt be fair for me to think that because of that I have blocked away memories of things being done to me, but something must have happened to me when I was younger to be acting like this? Does this mean something? Hello, i dont know if i have been sexually abused as a child but i have always known that something has been wrong. ALL trauma can have that affect. However my father has never showed any signs of being abusive, and I remember being bathed by him when I was young, and he never touched me sexually or in a threatening way. Today his twin brother came to our house and I didnt leave my room for the entire day because I knew he would smell like him (I know its a bit weird) it sounds like you have had some childhood trauma. Read our connected article on what to do if you worry youve been abused http://bit.ly/dealwithabuse. We hope that helps. The first time a boy kissed me I cried and took three shower, even though it had been consensual. When I crush, I crush hard, but thats as far as it goes. I have agoraphobia and I havent been able to work for years. Because while the facts of what happened in our childhoods can be questioned, our suffering cant. Yes, these two experiences were sexual abuse, were sorry this happened. So wed definitely say based on that alone it would be worth talking to a counsellor or psychotherapist. I dont know what to do. I agreed, and he took me up to my aunt and uncles room, after I told my favorite cousin we Peanut bye. All these kinds of things are abuse. A gynaecological exam would be useful only directly following the event. quiz. I started masturbating at 12 and the only thing that makes me orgasm is watching or recalling lesbian encounters. i want to leave my story here so someone can tell me if i was or if im overreacting. His twin brother was my older brothers best friend and our mothers were very close so naturally I was around at their house a lot. I have trouble with sex, Im aware of it, I just dont know why. You are suffering. (My whole family has a history of being touched by family members so). After about two years of marriage and getting crazy anxiety, I got into therapy with a female therapist who took complete advantage of me by holding and hugging me for ages at a time, claiming she was reparenting me. Financial Abuse Quiz. Was it that i was so young and unsure of what i was telling her or did she just not want to deal with that? Stay updated on the latest blogs, quizzes, and podcast episodes. Are you getting counselling? Otherwise, read our article on how to talk to your parents about mental health http://bit.ly/talktoparents . And we are sad to hear you feel unable to tell this story to anyone else, except online. Best, HT. Im a virgin as far as I know, and I have a red rash that runs from my pelvic area all the way down my legs. I think my dad raped my mum and my older sister has been very vocal about him molesting her (he is not her dad) when she was a young teenager (touching her boobs, trying to put his tongue in her mouth, walking in on her in the bath). During that short summer we would continue to do sexual stuff but he would start to hold my hand. I used to become hysterical when I received a pelvic exam in my teens and twenties. I just need someones opinion on what I should do, and if they think the behavior Im currently exhibiting means that its definitely possible this happened to me. I get sick VERY often. Spoke to a older friend and she has spoken to the people that deal with stuff..those people will be talking to my parents and i guess my brother too..but i dont want to get him in trouble..i mean i know what he did wasnt right one bit but hes still my brother.. Hi, Im 18 years old and recently I have been having suspicions of being molested as a child. If you have any advice thats not just to keep trying at random and hope this one will help instead of recreating the trauma of disbelief again, Im happy to hear it. Even with my husband of 8 years. Do you have any advice on how to deal with this? I have been watching a lot of troubling porn including rape and abuse and even tho i hate these with everything i have and recognize as a feminist i still seem to enjoy these videos. If you actually read the New Testament Jesus himself allowed himself to rage in moments. Ive been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and ADHD, I might also have depression. Ive been diagnosed with anxiety and serious depression. Did you not get a counsellor or therapist to help? We would play the game with my sister who was a year older also. In Europe only Germany currently has a governement-funded preventative program in place for men who experience attraction to minors, sadly we arent aware it is being rolled out in the UK at this time. It sounds like you are definitely suffering and really need support. An abusive childhood leaves many of us with a sort of long-term PTSD, where we constantly feel jumpy, afraid, and paranoid. So sliding hands onto your bottom alone would be considered abusive and could cause these symptoms. My church has had 3 major sex abuse of minors scandals, all of the men and young girls involved being my friends and the same timeframe I was a kid at that church. The teacher sat me in a chair in the middle if the room for the rest of the day while all the kids played around me. Quiz: What's Your Relationship Knowledge Level? Anyway. My late teens and early twenties I was incredibly promiscuous and loose. My mother was bipolar so I wasnt raised in a nice environment and I might have PTSD due to this. This tumultuous relationship ended abruptly when on a dog walk with him he confessed his feelings for me and I didnt say anything, I dont think I said anything until we got back to his house. I would often let him do whatever he wanted or do whatever he wanted me to do, even if I didnt really want to. Do you think I was abused? Why not use all the energy and resources you have available to instead seek support for those symptoms? Hi. And you say so much therapy. I remember Bill getting really close to me and sort of caressing my hair, tucking it behind my ear. Do you get a lot of sexist remarks thrown your way? We are sure you have a lot to offer, you just need some proper support. Was I border-line molested? I initiated the game in his shed. But our gut instinct is that this is from before this young man and you are focussing it all on him because it would be easier to have just one person to be angry at, but its actually a much, much bigger story that stretches farther back. I was in 6th grade, and there was this boy, who liked me. That alone is worth seeking support over. Its hard turning 13, and its even harder to feel that maybe something scary happened in the past. Is there something I can do to help release these hidden memories? I have been stuck in a deep depression for about a month or so and looking into myself for answers All the little bits and pieces that i have shared with you here started surfacing. The First memory I remember ever having was of me being molested by two of my cousins which were both girls and older than me. I am a 16 year old girl and theres something that have bothered me for quite a while now. I pray he repents of his evil ways, but I dont know what if anything to say. This went on til i was 13 and got a paper round. Other mental health issues? It was at that point that he would come to the room I was staying at and would touch me very subtly but it was different then tickling. I need to know for sure. They are very common among abuse sufferers. I do remember being grasped and rubbed in certain areas by my neighbor when I was younger. Youd be amazed how normal this all is. Notice present details. But I dont want to go on never knowing for sure and being confused. Mon, please do read our responses to others above. Or does your workplace provide some counselling in your medical coverage? My comment under his Thank you was: are you save?, no reply all day. Although I can contribute those issues to other factors, the things that seem to me like the biggest evidence are other things I am absolutely terrified of having anyone apart from a partner looking at my genitals (doctors, aestheticians etc) to the point where I cry and have a panic attack even just thinking about it happening. It was mostly hetro porn with oral. Read our article on finding low cost counselling as well, it might give you some ideas. I think he was about final year of school probably about 17years old. And even the few times where I did say no or tried to stop it, I wasnt very adamant about it and hed always get his way with me in the end. I have had OCD most of my life, and I have trichotillomania, which in some cases indicates abuse. It was during that film I broke down in tears believing I was probably raped as a child but forgotten. Its hard. Ive recently turned 17 and have suddenly remembered some stuff that happened in my childhood that disturbs me a bit. On finding support to help you with the symptoms. We wish you courage! What do we do? We are glad you are currently in a safe space. I try to disconnect my present self with my younger self especially around that time, because I simply cant understand my thought process then or know if I was misguided / remember certain things. Hi Donna, this is just a blog, not a monitored help place. You can find an article on how to talk to your parents about mental health here http://bit.ly/talktoparents.Also know you can call helplines and talk to really nice people, there are many just for teens, here is the list of helplines in the UK (if you are not in the UK google for one in your country) http://bit.ly/mentalhelplines. Its less about proving or knowing, unless we find a time machine we cant. I clearly remember exchanging oral sex with a boy a couple of years older then me when I was between 5 and 9 years old. With time and commitment, its possible to feel a lot better about yourself and have less of these symptoms. From a very young age I remember being very sexually aware. ive never figured it out and its not even as much of a fear but more of a reflex. Hi Donna, that sounds really hard. I have little to no memory of my childhood. I am a 49 year old male. Looking back on the experience, I could tell that I was taken advantage of by a confused pre-pubescent boy. I felt very guilty playing like that with themlike I was abusing them as I was. I am pretty aware of what is considered sexual assault and how it applies to me but at the same time I feel like I am just over exaggerating it to give myself some sort of sympathy. Wed advise you read our guide to what to do if you feel you might have been abused http://bit.ly/dealwithabuse it outlines how to approach this. I recall sitting in our toilet shredding paper, for what felt like ages, while I wondered why no one came to find me, it was sunny. The mind has survival mechanisms, so will block things out if required, and it also has imagination. I often talk about sex in a very dirty way, for fun and constantly make innuendos. Unfortunately, Due to the fact that I am barely realizing that I was molested, I have a ton of issues I need to deal with. As an adult I suffer from IBS, anxiety, depression poor interpersonal relationships, sever trust issues. After being guilted into sex, I became the opposite of my formerly chaste self, I felt like I had to give it to any guy who wanted it, not quite a nymphomaniac, but close. Then years after couldnt help always needing to have orgasms or do something. When I was 12 I developed a crush for my brothers friend. I remember falling asleep on the bed in the guest rom and waking up on the couch in the middle of the night, having no idea when I got there. The reason can be more sinister behind just typical fear. I usually never say no to my boyfriend when it comes to sex, even if i dont want to have it. Everyone in the same boat as you feels the same, its natural human instinct to want to know exactly what happened.But its simply not possible, unless someone invents a time machine. If anything I can do at home or tell my councelor I Will do. If you are honest with yourself? Regarding nobody to talk to, well assume you are in America not our country. You do not have to believe any of this. Ive also developed this thing where I really hate when my stepdad touches me. And the more we feel we have no worth, the more we feel we might as well do things that hurt others. I remember when I was in year 2/3 I had a female best friend of the same age, and everytime I went round her house, she made me dance for her, kissed me etc and was constantly touchy. I know Im grown up now and I dont need to be scared but still its like a nightmare to me. In addition to this, in the room I was staying in, when I was trying to sleep one night, there was this imprint on the ceiling that looked like a monstrous version of my father, and soon after that, I started rocking back and forth as if I was being distraught by a hidden memory, and I kept saying, Please daddy dont hurt me. Ive had it so bad that Ive had to go to the mental hospital several times, and while I was there, I was diagnosed with PTSD. He showed me his, then I got caught lifting up my skirt. We wish you courage. (They will exist in the USA too but we dont know about them as we are UK based). And try to keep going until you are the age of 18 at which point you are eligible to hire a therapist for yourself. I cant remember if it happened or not? That you dont know precisely what caused what, but that you know there has been some sort of trauma that has caused your adulthood to be a difficult one.
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