Childhood Confused and unsure about my past behaviors.

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Something has been bothering me for a long time. And I don't necessarily need to know the truth, as I don't NEED to recall any memories if they aren't already there.

But- I just wanted to talk about it as it bothers me.

My main trauma stems from when I was 7 years old and is unrelated. The years surrounding that are not very prominent and I can't recall much except snippets and behaviors I can't understand about myself.

I remember when I was maybe 6 years old, I was in my backyard in a skirt and masturbating. I understand children explore, but I was specifically fantasizing of a grown man touching me.

I have a snippet of memory being in a bathroom tub with an adult. 6 years old or younger.

I remember (sorry for detail) eating my sister out (she was 2 years old than me) in the bed at 6 or 7. When my Mom came home we ran to put on our clothes in the closet. I don't know where I learned that, but again could be an exploring thing.

When I was 9 I slept in bed with a family member that we were visiting and he was an adult in his 30s. He gave me a bath. During the bath, I was thinking he would want me sexually. Then he put me to bed. In bed with him next to me, I lifted up my shirt and wanted him to touch me. He would pull my shirt back down and say no (of course).

Around 10 my younger brother accidentally grabbed me in my private area while we were play wrestling and I got extremely angry. Our relationship after that declined, as I never wanted him to touch me as I was scared he would touch my private areas. I would always think he was secretly wanting to do it on purpose whenever his hands got close to me, that was his intention. In the car, I would get angry and cause a fuss if he sat beside me. If he did, I would move my body entirely away from him. Always screaming at him "Don't touch me" and freaking out if he got near. I was always mean to him going into teenage years. My mom started to ask me if someone had touched me because of my reactions.

In my teenage years (16), I would seek out older men on sites and try to meet up with them, thinking of older men sexually. Thankfully, it never occurred but I would send photos of myself to older men as a teen.

I would have nightmares of losing control in sexual scenarios in my teens that felt graphic. Again, could be not related to anything but my fears manifesting in that way in dreams.

As an adult, I feel very sex averse. With my partner, more times than most after sex I get upset and sad. Can't talk to him. Don't even know why the feeling is there. It's unrelated to him- I just have this feeling of I'm not safe. I get angry after. It's hard for me to enjoy sex.

This could all be nothing- and I don't have to make it into something. I'm just curious of any insight into any of these things. Biggest one is thinking of older men sexually at such a young age.
 
And I guess why I think so deeply on this is around the time of age 7, my Mom was overseas for work. We had a live-in babysitter and she had a boyfriend. They both ended up killing my dad and stealing our car and things. And I remember she once stripped my brother naked and hosed him down in our backyard as punishment for wetting the bed. I don't know, I can't remember much and there were people not to be trusted in our home and I notice these things. It could be nothing and I'm overthinking due to that but it bothers me.
 
This, to me, indicates a high likelihood of some form of sexual misconduct in your childhood. Sexual behaviours in children? Not uncommon. Fantasies and sexual advances towards adults in young children? Alarm bells. The same with engaging sexually with other kids in such an extreme way.

Children don’t learn to fear or anticipate (Thinking someone would want/plan) sexual contact on their own. Wether is it through exposure to pornography, or sexual abuse. Or both.

Whatever it is, I’d extremely hesitate before brushing it off as typical childhood development.

What seems like intense sexually-related fear, too, isn’t to be brushed off in kids.
That and sexual fantasy at such a young age is very alarming to me.
 
Makes sense to me that this is confusing, and it’s awful that it’s now impacting your relationship with your partner.

Do you have a therapist you can talk to about this? Your childhood doesn’t need to keep haunting your relationship with your partner.
 

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