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Childhood Was I Molested As A Child?

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Stills

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Okay, so I'm aware this is f*cked up and I'm probably just crazy, but here goes.

I had a lot happen during my childhood. It wasn't until my mother died when I was 15 that I started to recall info, nothing crazy big, just little things about my childhood. I smoked a lot of weed to cope with my mother's loss. When I first started smoking weed, I had this strange deja vu feeling like I had done it before, it felt familiar. I don't really smoke weed anymore because it makes me hella anxious and lately I'm just feeling really anxious within myself.

My mom had a weed dealer whom I remember because I used to go to his house to pick up with her. I remember the sketchy basement he lived in. I remember his son as well because he was around my age. He would come over and smoke with my mom too. He drove a blue van, like those white vans you stock things in, except blue. I think my mom told me that she knew him from work and that could be true, however she could've just told me that because I was a child and she didn't want me to know about the weed.

I can remember liking him and I think I even asked about him when my mom first stopped smoking and we stopped going to his house. I can remember seeing the blue van pull up getting excited that he was there. I guess I just really liked him and also cause I was friends with his son when and often saw him when he was visiting his dad. I remember his and his son's name. My mom stopped smoking when I was maybe 8? And I must've forgotten about them because they completely slipped out of my mind for 10 years which clearly states their insignificance in my life.

When I was 17, I went to a psychiatrist for cutting. She asked me if I had been molested as a child which I thought was utterly absurd. A few months later, I remembered him (NOT THINKING WHAT MY PSYCHIATRIST HAD SAID), and the memories weren't anything bad. I thought it was strange and I think I was actually laughing at the thought of my mom bringing me to her drug dealer's house, how sketchy and chill it was. I thought it was strange because once I remembered him and his son, it was clear, and I had forgotten about them for years. Again, it wasn't anything bad, however, I felt a significance every time I remembered him.

***The last time I smoked weed, I got anxious. I sat on my couch, shaking, and my eyes shut. I saw myself lying on his bed and he was touching me. Why would this man be of significance to me? How could I remember his face clearly, the wife beater and the hat he wore? Why would I think of him like this? Why would I think something like this? I used to have nightmares of being kidnapped as a child and I wet the bed until I was 8. I was always sensitive, but I remember when I was little, like 6, I was TERRIFIED of locking the door and being alone in the bathroom. I would cry if my classmates left me in the bathroom. I always did poorly in school for a long time, but I just thought it was due to lack of accessibility and also that I just didn't care. I watched an insane amount of TV as a kid just cause I wanted to and could. When I was little, I used to touch myself all the time, and I can recall a few times where my vagina was all red and hurting.

I didn't have sex until I was 18, like I was just a very depressed and angry teen. I always knew I was somewhat of a sexual person, like my favourite film when I was 12 happened to be a Woody Allen film and I just loved him and his sense of humour.

I've never once admitted this ever, but my mom and I were really close and I remember once when I was 14 we were talking about first kisses and I think I asked her something like "How do you know it's a good kiss?" something like that. And she said something, I don't remember what, but then I said, "you're gonna show me?" and she was like "no!" and I remember instantly feeling like the f*ck did I say that for...When I did start having sex, it was only one night stands..to this day actually and I'm almost 20. I pretty much have no feelings associated with sex. You know how some girls and women feel attached after sex? I have this thing where I love having sex with men and making them want me and then never talking to them again, like it makes me feel really good.

I haven't had the greatest sexual experiences because I don't always say no and I just let myself be taken advantage of at times, it doesn't feel good, but I just assume that sex is going to happen anyways, and if it does, just go along with it. I haven't had sex in a while right now, I don't even know why, I just started to feel really anxious in myself. And then I remembered that. It's not so much vivid memories right now, as much as I can't stop thinking about it/him and I don't know why, but it's causing me to feel disconnected and confused with a pounding headache! Is this actually real??? How can this be real?
 
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Hi Stills, and welcome to the forum.

What you say isn't crazy and no you're not f*cked up.

The mind tends not to make up these sorts of things------I wish I could tell you that it's just your mind playing one big joke on you. Of course----I can't say definitively that you were abused, but I have displayed some of the same behaviors as you and have felt some of the same things. (I am a CSA survivor.)

Do you have access to professional help? I think that a therapist could help you work through what you're experiencing.
 
Hi Stills, and welcome to the forum.

What you say isn't crazy and no you're not f*cked up.

The...
I was in therapy consistently from ages 8-10 and then 14-18...I stopped over a year ago cause I just got tired and shit, but I recently messaged my therapist from last year. It's tiring having to find a new therapist and build a relationship with them, nevermind share your story again and again.
 
There is a very distinct feeling when we are remembering. If you pay attention to your body next time it happens. Unfortunately , we can't make this stuff up... When we are 'daydreaming' it is stuff we are making up... different feelings, if any, go with it... but memories.. regardless of how small, or how insignificant we think they are, are parts of a bigger picture. I can't say if you were abused or not... time will give you an answer. Hopefully you will get to see your T again and as Eve said, they will help you break it down.
I have never recovered a lot of memories.. in a way that's good. In a way it's not. Just makes me feel like you are sharing, that I am crazy and just making things up.. But I have too many symptoms for it to not be real.
I am happy you are here and reaching out. You are not alone and hope you get to see your T very soon.
Welcome !
 
There is a very distinct feeling when we are remembering. If you pay attention to your body next time it...
Thank you for you comment, both of you. I'm just struggling to figure this out as it's new to me. I apologize if I have made you feel like you're crazy etc. I don't view others that way or want to invalidate others experiences, it is just how I've been feeling about myself. Thank you for your support and welcoming.
 
You aren't making anyone feel uncomfortable. This is how this works sometimes. We simply share a lot of things that let you know you are not alone. I have no problem with the word 'crazy', as I am feeling that a lot. Like many on here. So don't worry about others, we each or responsible for what we do with what we feel. Glad you are here.
 
Welcome to the forum:)

Reading your intro, there's a lot of red flags. But there's also a lot of possible explanations. For example, sexual abuse has been linked to bedwetting, particularly secondary nocturnal enuresis, but there's also a few other explanations and in some cases, it just happens. Not having sex till you're 18 and liking Woody Allen films? There's actually nothing that screams CSA to me about that.

What you remembered about when you were 6 would definitely be unsettling for anyone. And I would strongly encourage you to explore that further with a therapist. It will potentially give you answers, but also help out with some of the issues that trouble you now.

But please keep an open mind. Your recall of the event occurred while you were high, which not only has a strong link to your childhood, but by your account tends to bring with it a bit of anxiety...and other known side effects.

Exploring your childhood further, regardless of whether you discover you were molested, may be helpful in itself, since it sounds like you may not have been living in primo-parenting conditions during your earlier development years, which is actually a big deal in and of itself.

I'm sorry if that poses more questions than it answers, but I think working with a therapist to resolve this could be extremely productive and liberating for you.
 
According to the book "The Bright Red Scream ", 50% of cutters/self-injurers were sexually abused...but I have no idea where the book got that number.
So I can't vouch for that percentages' accuracy.

Compulsive masturbation at an early age, nighttime bed wetting into older years, and sore genitals are red-flag indicators, too, as you probably know...
Kind of a strong maybe towards sexual abuse.

As far as forgetting about the man...
If his role in your life was traumatic? Then you had a good deal of motivation to blot him out.
If you were getting hurt there?
Your mother took you over there...and got high.
Meaning she was getting herself too incapacitated to protect you.
If that was indeed happening, that's a big betrayal.
 
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According to the book "The Bright Red Scream ", 50% of cutters/self-injurers were sexually abus...

Wow...there were so many signs since early childhood and it was all completely overlooked...I was also horribly bulimic when I was 15,16 and 18...Now I know why I struggle so hard with being comfortable in my skin. This is just too hard to accept. All I can think of is I want to treat myself right now. If I can even do that...any way I treat myself is most likely to be in excess because I don't know any other way. I can't take things slowly.
 
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