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    Sexual Assault Feeling Like A Liar After Sexual Abuse. Could Use Some Advice/insight

    I can see how labeling something as sexual abuse can be less than impowering in some scenarios but in this case I feel like it's helped me improve in a lot of ways by acknowledging that the way things were, were not good, and not a healthy relationship. As far as blame goes, I don't view my ex...
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Like A Liar After Sexual Abuse. Could Use Some Advice/insight

    I can relate to what you said about neglect and sexual explotation. I feel like nothing I've experienced has been "bad enough" to warrant the way I feel, and I feel terrible. I would definitely agree it's possible that feeling like a liar can come from how I was raised. I had a lot of mental...
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Like A Liar After Sexual Abuse. Could Use Some Advice/insight

    I'm so sorry you had to experience that, I can relate to a lot of the things you've said as well. I have never had much of an emotional connection with sex either and honestly didn't even feel aroused by the act of sex for the longest time. I just had fetishes of non genetal related things. I...
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Like A Liar After Sexual Abuse. Could Use Some Advice/insight

    I don't believe these are just bad choices on my part, guilting and repeatedly pressuring someone into sex knowing that they don't want it is emotional and sexual abuse. And pressuring someone all the time, every time you're with them, and not doing or thinking about anything else until it...
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Like A Liar After Sexual Abuse. Could Use Some Advice/insight

    Thanks for your reply, I think you're right, I did have a lot of issues with my dad as a kid threatening me and putting me down and screaming etc. I am not sure how much of my current issues are because of that and how many are because of my ex. It might have been better if I were able to talk...
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Like A Liar After Sexual Abuse. Could Use Some Advice/insight

    Sorry if this post is really long. I feel like I was sexually abused but I have a hard time talking about it to anyone because when I do, I feel like I'm an attention seeking liar. It's a weird feeling because if I were attention seeking I would I've told a ton of people already so I know my own...
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