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Child Abuse Story From MC

by MC
(Wisconsin, USA )




I don't know if I'm in the right place or not, but I have something to say. For many years, I've had this weird feeling like I didn't belong. When I was 11 and learned what sex was , I too learned what sexual abuse was. I started wondering if this could have happened to me, because I have various "symptoms" and have always felt really weird about something but never knew what. But that's a whole other story. I don't know if it's normal not to remember anything about the abuse. If I don't remember anything and just have a feeling I wonder if that means it never happened. To make matters worse, my sister started acting out and claimed sexual abuse right around the time I started feeling that it might have happened to me. I don't want to be a hypochondriac when nothing happened, and I'd feel awful if I said something that wasn't true. I just need to know, how reliable is a feeling. I don't know if I should go to therapy based on feelings and "symptoms" alone.




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Sep 02, 2010
MC:
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

It's not at all uncommon for victims to repress memories of sexual abuse. They can surface at any time, but when they do, they typically start to come back as a result of an event or an age/stage of life that triggers the memories. Counseling can help you get to the source of your "feelings" on this. Whether or not you were sexually abused, counseling is a way for you to deal with these feelings. Thank you for sharing your story with my visitors and me.

By the way, I removed your last name and used only your initials in order to maintain your anonymity.

From Victim to Victory, a memoir
Darlene Barriere
Webmaster: www.child-abuse-effects.com
author. speaker. survivor. coach
From Victim to Victory, a memoir


Sep 10, 2010
I can: I will: I must: Because I am WORTH it
by: maurice

Mc: you have arrived at a very special place in your understanding of yourself: Darlene's words to YOU will give you great hope: You'll be fine: You are one very special child of God: Child of the Universe: I dare to name your gender for fear I might put my foot in it: If you act on: Follow Darlene's woman's heart of love for you in her affirming words to you: You'll begin to live your life to the full: Live well: Laugh alot: I'm told by more wisdomed people than my self That Laughter is a great medicine: LOVE much: Beginning with your self in front of the mirror: I love the me looking out at me: Mirrors are empowering if we let them be: Of the me looking out: Think Positive: act Positive: Be poditive in all you do and say about that special me looking out at you MC: Have a healthy mind in a healthy body: It works wonders: Darlene know best: Act on her loving comment to you: MC

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