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I was abused as a child by my mother’s boyfriend between the ages of 4 and 8. They eventually split up after my sister told an aunt that she had been sexually abused by him. Time passed, we all moved on, I’m now 24 years old and life has never been better. My mother has remarried to a man who treats me like his own son. I’ve got a good job and although I’m single, ...

I was ritually abused from birth to age 17 by two older family members. It was a combination of physical and emotional abuse with an obsession around the idea of murdering me. I was beaten regularly, especially when I tried to get help, so I stopped asking for help rather early on. As a little girl, I just screamed into my pillow at night.

I remember noticing how my abusers could turn their anger on ...

and this may have triggers, obviously

I am a successful professional, healthy, active, had some amazing experiences, quite an interesting life.

I am compassionate and have empathy although deep down I am a survivor,

I was just reading a very sad case a neglect about a young boy locked in his room for days on the brink of starvation, parents were addicts. He was locked there by tying the door handle with a cord to ...

I've often had this question and I know other survivors have it too: What is better? Being tortured with no love and all abuse? Or "loving" torture, mind games, and physical abuse with periods of intense sadistic abuse mixed in?

One of my main abusers (my father) hurt me very covertly. He even tortured me too (bending joints the wrong way just before the breaking point, pinching and grinding nerve bundles, tickle torture, throwing ice ...

hi guys, TRIGGER

i know that i kinda appeared then dissapeared, i ended up IP in psych hospital for 5 weeks. :(

I cant remember what i have said and what i haven't so I'll start again, i was abused by my dad for 22 years from the age of 5 as well as my dad getting me involved in SRA for a few years.

i am ...

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YOU HEAR A CHILD BEING BEATEN IN THE APARTMENT ABOVE, WHAT DO YOU DO?

A) CALL OR GO TO AUTHORITES.

B) GO UPSTAIRS AND CONFRONT THE ABUSER.

C) NOTHING.

I watched some homemade videos of me when I was a baby, about an hour or so worth of footage altogether showing me between the ages of 6 months and 1 year old. I've been trying to find some clues or starting points to focus on in my therapy work, since I am in there for trauma disorders. I didn't expect to find anything all that bad in these videos, but I thought maybe it ...

I'm almost 23 and i have a severe social skill deficit, inability to speak, body dysmorphic disorder, and severe agoraphobia. I have a severe social skill deficit for almost 12 years. eventually, it became severe enough that I could not leave the house. I have been agoraphobic for about 7 years. At age 20, I began to see a therapist and social worker. I am currently going to a group therapy for improving social skills. ...

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I posted this same topic on the incest forum and then thought maybe I would receive even more feedback if I posted it here. Sorry for repeating! I've also read about the definitions of sexual abuse posted on this forum and funnily enough my experience (read below) I don't think fits in with the definition given.

A particular question I would ask is what makes touching 'sexual'? When is touching a sexual act? ...