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Sexual Assault Was I Sexually Abused Or Just Going Crazy

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lately ive been wondering if i was sexually abused or im just making up things in my head
this is extremely weird but i started masturbating when i was really young like maybe 1st grade and i would think of being diaper changed by a babysitter with my cousin and get off on that thought... i stopped thinking about that when i did it after a couple years but ive still masturbated a lot like maybe 2-3 times a night some nights. ive never really been afraid of sexually contact...I've actually been probably too sexually active. i remember once in 4th grade i tried to secretly make a girl feel my vagina by playing mom and daughter.. im only 16 and have had sex with 10 people i give it out like its nothing and do whatever guys want me to because i feel like i cant say no like i hate saying no. but the thing is i dont really even enjoy sex, i like being fingered more but the only way i have an orgasm is the way i touch myself. but lately for the past 6 months or so ive devolved severe anxiety and then i started hearing voices. i read and heard that the cause of that can be something traumatic that happened to you and now the other night i had a dream with that same babysitter situation..and i havent thought about that since i was little. ive been seeing therapists and psychologists for my anxiety and they keep asking me about my child hood and if i can think of anything traumatic, and what changed in my life when i started having these problems. so ive been thinking a lot and then i remembered about 6 months ago a new boy that was very cute moved here and went to my church. i talked to him a little bit but then my mom told me not to get too involved with him because he was molested and had done the same to his little sister. i remember thinking about it a lot and also not being afraid of him actually thinking he was more attractive. i do find the thought of being raped or not in control to turn me on.. and since ive been thinking this i was wondering if it could have been my cousin (same one from my younger thoughts) that did this when we were very young ( hes a year older) we used to make forts with blankets in my grandparents basement but i dont remember anything that happened inside them and i feel like thats what happened down there but that doesnt make sense because i was always really close with him never scared of him and actually had a little kid "crush" type thing on him when i was like 4 so if he did do this to me i wouldnt have acted this way about him would i? i just need advice here, do these things suggest i was sexually abused at a very young age or just making things up in my head ?
 
Hey there, short answer (honestly didn't perfectly follow your writing perhaps, because it is late): see a counselor if you have access...or therapist for diagnosis. Some amount of sexual play is normal in childhood. Multiple sex partners and zero boundaries or feelings before age 16? Perhaps some red flags. But see someone for your current distress, i.e. symptoms of anxiety, and hopefully find a way to bring this us too. There may or may not be an immediate connection, but you do deserve some support.

I think it is mighty awesome that you are noticing and questioning some of this stuff at your age. When I was a teenager I just let people run all over me and didn't learn how to do normal relationships. And adolescence is really the time to learn that. So please seek further support close to you, if you can. The boundary stuff is important. It's hard to say what did or did not happen in the past, but for now, support for creating healthier boundaries and self respect matters...and the past might sort itself out.
 
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