I've made a few posts since joining but thought I should probably do an intro thread. So hi. I'm a 22 year old female from the UK.
I was sexually abused by an older female "friend" from age 8-10. My oldest brother also sexually abused me from 9-11. I told my parents after I gathered the courage but it continued until he tried to rape me. During and after this he was physically abusive. From age 15-18 I was in an emotionally abusive relationship.
I have been from service to service since the age of 14 under the diagnoses anorexia, depression, anxiety, BPD with fleeting psychosis. Although psychiatrists were aware of the abuse and the last one repeatedly mentioned PTSD-traits I have never been treated for it directly. I tried to get specific help when I got to university but I was turfed to uni counselling and it didn't help me at all. I lost faith in therapy after this, spending 2 months feeling like I was talking to a brick wall and I had a breakdown. But it's 2 years later and after admitting to a more recent incident to my new GP he said he wanted to get me into CBT for depression. I'm hoping to liaise from there so I can work through the causes and not the consequences.
I was sexually abused by an older female "friend" from age 8-10. My oldest brother also sexually abused me from 9-11. I told my parents after I gathered the courage but it continued until he tried to rape me. During and after this he was physically abusive. From age 15-18 I was in an emotionally abusive relationship.
I have been from service to service since the age of 14 under the diagnoses anorexia, depression, anxiety, BPD with fleeting psychosis. Although psychiatrists were aware of the abuse and the last one repeatedly mentioned PTSD-traits I have never been treated for it directly. I tried to get specific help when I got to university but I was turfed to uni counselling and it didn't help me at all. I lost faith in therapy after this, spending 2 months feeling like I was talking to a brick wall and I had a breakdown. But it's 2 years later and after admitting to a more recent incident to my new GP he said he wanted to get me into CBT for depression. I'm hoping to liaise from there so I can work through the causes and not the consequences.
