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Sexual Assault Was A Sexually Abused As A Child???

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Shanley

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Hello, I have some questions.....
I have a memory from when I was around 5-6 yrs old of a youth pastor 'taking me for ice cream'. In my Sunday school, the child to learn and memorize the most Bible verses got to go out with the youth pastor to Twistee Treat for ice cream. He picked me up from home and started to drive me there.....well, there was a beach near to my house that my Dad used to take me to and I opted to go there instead. As I was young and directionless, it took some driving around to find the beach but when we did, my only memory is of him parking near the coastline, putting his arm around my shoulders and saying to me "Now what???". My young self had no way of realizing this at the time but looking back, it was extremely creepy the way he said it. From there, I blacked out. Absolutely no recollection of the drive home or even years after that night. My memories from there (for a couple of years) became a blur.
Fast forward to around age 8 or 9 and I remember having fantasies of rape, or forced sexual situations. I had my first orgasm at the age of 10, self inflicted, completely by accident. I used to pretend I was being raped and forced into situations and even at such a young age, it turned me on..
I lost my virginity when I was 14 to a much older boy, got pregnant (my first time having sex) and lost the baby to adoption. I continued on a downward spiral from there. I became very promiscuous, sleeping with many, many boys/men/anyone really. Ended up hooked on many drugs, in an abusive relationship for 7yrs to a man who raped and beat me regularly and homeless for 3 of those years. Once I finally mustered the courage to leave him and get my life together at the age of 23, I met my (now) husband.
We have a very 'normal' and healthy relationship (comparatively speaking) our/my only dysfunction is that I have zero to no interest in sex what-so-ever. The thought of sex with my husband gives me anxiety to the point where I physically shake and my blood pressure rises. I'm no longer addicted to drugs but I drink.......WAY too much. I feel like it numbs me, like it's medication.
I also have an extreme unfounded fear of being in a car near the water and I feel that may be due to the fact that whatever happened (if anything DID happen) happened near the water in a car. I also have a fear of churches and a severe aversion to anything relating to religion. I have had constant reoccurring nightmares, very strange dreams and high amounts of anxiety for seemingly no reason.
Tell me, DID something happen that night with my youth pastor? How do I find out and how do I heal my marriage and find out to SAVE my marriage??? I'm desperate bc I don't expect my husband to remain in a sexless marriage for much longer and we have to young children to think of.
Please, please help.
 
Hi Shanley,
Welcome to the site.

Have you talked to anyone in the psych field about this? Can you talk to your husband about your suspicions?

Your own possible history of abuse doesn't have to effect the way you raise your children, and slow exposition to sex life & healing through is possible.
 
I have only recently related this to my husband, he is trying to help find out who did this/ I'm just wondering....what good will it do if I find this man and where/how will the healing begin?
 
You don't have to find him @Shanley.

In fact confronting your abuser may make you worse. You start with you, with him only if you feel the need, but there's so many possibilities for that history reopened bringing only difficulty. Don't poke at it from his side; focus on you.

So what's your needs now, the most? Safety? Knowing what happened? Unexpected symptoms? Fear for your children? Something else?
 
I feel like I need to know what happened. Even if I dont find him or confront him. I hate NOT knowing. Hate it!
 
I thinnk about my own kids, ages 7 and 5 and I am almost feeling sorry for me....as a child....what if something DID happen. How do I protect my kids or myself for the matter? I had the best patents and the best upbringing, how did this happen??? how the f*ck????
 
I am so f*cked. I am so ready to just end it. How can I move on, how can I find peace if I cant even remember what happened???? How can my husband find peace in being with a women who detests anything sexual??? god dammit.
 
I thinnk about my own kids, ages 7 and 5 and I am almost feeling sorry for me....as a child...

Whatever happened, does not mean the same thing will have to happen to your children. You're a good Mom, you will keep them safe. You wouldn't be a bad Mom if you couldn't, either. You're not at fault for your history. Being assaulted isn't a failure. Children aren't supposed to protect themselves against predators; predators are supposed to not act on their wishes.
 
I am so f*cked. I am so ready to just end it. How can I move on, how can I find peace if I cant even remember

You are NOT f*cked. You're having an expectable reaction to very uncertain traumatic scenario. You are reaching out about it, seeking help. That is far from f*cked. That's smart & brave move.

Peace isn't, thankfully, dependent on what we remember or not. You can look for well being & soothing & comfort & feeling at ease even if your brain gives you a hard time,or events are too indistinct and distant, or present life gives you difficulty. It's separate.
 
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