Incest Survivors Support Group
Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons that is illegal or socially taboo. Consensual adult incest is very rare. Incest between adults and prepubescent or adolescent children is a form of child sexual abuse that has been shown to be one of the most extreme forms of childhood trauma. If you or a loved one is a survivor of incest, join the group...
the only thing that works for me is to shift my focus to something healthy and positive and to remind myself that I am not to blame for what was done to me.
I think the arousal is part of a coping mechanism as well as just part of how the body responds to certain touching. So I remind myself that the body is normal and sexual response is normal and not to judge myself for my coping mechanisms.
It's pretty common...
It's not your fault.
Most of the memories I got back of my dad having sex with me include efforts of him to turn me on, efforts that worked...
So when I got memory return I got aroused, sometimes to the point of pain...This for hours sometimes.
Another good example so of related is when I feel like I fail at something and I sexualize that failure which relates back to the feelings that I had from the past. "Had I been stronger I would not have been molested" or "Had I spoken up things would be different.