
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...
My ability to relate to other people
My trust in others
Those would be the three main and most important costs in my life
My sanity.
My dignity (the way I allowed myself to behave)
A life I'll never know had it NOT happened.
Normal relationships.
Parents I can rely on.
A sister.
Three marriages.
Complete happiness.
And on and on and on......
HOWEVER.....these are things that I do control at various points in time. But I can't help but think that had it NOT happened.....my life would be SO much different. Obviously.
My childhood was filled with beatings and sexual abuse and fear...so not much to be happy about.
I now have my own daughter and I keep telling her to enjoy her childhood and just be a kid, dont' grow up to fast cos you are only a child for such a short time.
for what it is worth my girl friends - we live together and my best buddy who is eight was starting to be abused by his older brother. nothing to serious if that is possible. but i had trained joey to come to me or his mother if anyone ever touched him inapppropriately. he cam to me a few days after the game his older brother was playing. We nipped this one in the bud and the older brother is in counselling. The counselor says the little guy didn't experience any lasting trauma. I think education of or young is the only way we will put an end to the abuse.
you are both in my prayers and keep being a loving and nurchuring mothem.
my self esteem
my trust in others
my ability to cope in current situations
my ability to focus on other things in my life
my enjoyment of hs
i have become secretive... everyone knows im screwed up just not why
my self respect
my ability to love myself and others
my confidence
my trust in other people
The life and the "normality" i could have had.
Friends, that i know love me, that i push further and further away every day.
But at the same time it has made me stronger. And maybe my boyfriend and I wouldn't have the relationship we have if we didn't have to go through some of this.