Geopolis
Confident
What are the signs of early sexual abuse? How do they show up and at what ages? What is the appropriate age for sexual curiosities?
I think I may have made a devastating connection in my past and I'm attempting to be as careful as possible right now not to tear myself apart.
1. At approx 6-7 years old I got caught playing doctor with a girl around the block. I was restricted from ever traveling to that side again.
2. I have always felt deep down that I was sexually abused early on (maybe age 3-5 or 6) but I could never nail down by whom. I have very few memories of early childhood.
3. I've recently discovered a shameful dynamic between my mother and I that is sexual. She says things about her appearance and fixes herself in front of me often. There is definitely something under the surface that even my wife has seen.
4. Mom was taking care of dying grandfather when she revealed that he abused her when she was a child.
I don't remember her ever crossing a line with me physically which is why I'm asking how these things typically manifest in abused children. Is 6-7 too early to be curious about bodies? Any help would be very much appreciated as I navigate through this. I don't want to jump to any conclusions but I have to admit that connecting my mother to my abuse felt true. It actually hit me like a sledgehammer.
I think I may have made a devastating connection in my past and I'm attempting to be as careful as possible right now not to tear myself apart.
1. At approx 6-7 years old I got caught playing doctor with a girl around the block. I was restricted from ever traveling to that side again.
2. I have always felt deep down that I was sexually abused early on (maybe age 3-5 or 6) but I could never nail down by whom. I have very few memories of early childhood.
3. I've recently discovered a shameful dynamic between my mother and I that is sexual. She says things about her appearance and fixes herself in front of me often. There is definitely something under the surface that even my wife has seen.
4. Mom was taking care of dying grandfather when she revealed that he abused her when she was a child.
I don't remember her ever crossing a line with me physically which is why I'm asking how these things typically manifest in abused children. Is 6-7 too early to be curious about bodies? Any help would be very much appreciated as I navigate through this. I don't want to jump to any conclusions but I have to admit that connecting my mother to my abuse felt true. It actually hit me like a sledgehammer.