Sexual Abuse Support Group
Sexual abuse is a relative cultural term used to describe sexual relations and behavior between two or more parties which are considered criminally and/or morally offensive. Different types of sexual abuse involve: Non-consensual, forced physical sexual behavior such as rape, incest or sexual assault, or psychological forms of abuse, such as verbal sexual behavior or...
So a little background on me, when i was 9-14 i was sexually abused by mom's friend(she was sleeping with him, but he had a wife). When i was 20 i was diagnosed as bi-polar. I'm now 23. I am very sexually active, i find sex makes me feel alive. Which my mental health worker thinks it's because of the abuse. So today, i was hanging out with a friend(who i used to be friends with benefits with) and he was having a hard time and i was there to console him. him and his girlfriend were having major issues, she was cheating on him. One thing led to another and we ended up sleeping together. So now i feel awful because i am like my mother, i slept with someone in a relationship. I dont know how to not feel like a horrible person.
It's good you're in therapy so you can work through the issues that lead you to do things you later regret.
When you have been through sexual abuse it can be hard to know where the boundaries are, and when you are slipping over them. One thing you might try is to make a conscious decision about where you want to draw your boundaries. For example, you might decide "I won't sleep with my friends," or "I won't sleep with anybody who is in a relationship." If you make this a rule for yourself it might be easier to remember this when you are caught up in the moment.
They'll help clear away some of the fog in your head
You are not turning into your mother
You have a lot to work through over the things that other people have put you through
You understand right & wrong
You are beautiful inside