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| Here is a different look at possible after effects... |
| Some possible symptoms of Child Sexual Abuse in Survivors; ~ physical symptoms with no medical cause ~ feeling betrayed and repulsed by ones own body ~ withdrawing or flinching from touch ~ sleep disturbances ~ not being 'present' in ones own body ~ denial of bodily needs ~ high pain tolerance ~ eating disorders ~ drug and/or alcohol addiction ~ self imposed isolation ~ difficultly nurturing oneself ~ lack of trust of ones own perceptions and feelings ~ emotional shut down or 'numbing' ~ problems giving or recieving affection ~ fear of commitment ~ emotional and physical care-taking of others at own expense ~ involvement in abusive, criticizing relationships ~ inability to differentiate/combine sex, affection, intimacy ~ violent or sadomasochistic fantasies and/or behaviours ~ loss of sexual desire ~ sexual explotation through prostitution ~ pain during intercourse ~ sexual guilt about sexual pleasure ~ inability to orgasm alone or with a partner ~ belief that one's worth is only sexual ~ alternating between sexual abstinence and compulsivity ~ deep hatred of body and its sexual responses ~ impulsively entering/leaving relationships ~ compulsive spending, stealing,lying, gambling or working ~ dangerous risk taking behaviours |
| I've experienced and still do experience a lot of the things mentioned on these 2 pages. How do I deal with them? Sometimes i just don't which is IMO a bad thing to do. Luckily my b/f is a very understanding man which makes it somewhat easier but oddly enough at the same time it makes it more difficult. Why? Simply because on top of everything I am feeling and thinking and going through in order to heal, I now feel guilty that I am putting him through this. I have that attitude that, instead of him being with me and wasting his energy on me and my baggage he could be with someone 'normal', living a happy normal life , in a normal house, with a normal family. Slowly however, he's helping me get through this and is forever reassuring me (rather, trying to reassure me) that I shoudn't feel bad. Hhmm well I just can't help that. . |
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