Do you think that people can be sexually abused (physically) when they are young and not know.?

Question

Do you think it can slowly come back to them?

Answer 1

yes i would say thats true cause im going through it right now,,,,,and it starts with scarey things that you remember that u saw when you were younger,,but couldnt possibley be true but yes it can and does

Answer 2

I think MOST people sexually abused before the age of 7 do not remember, particularly if it was only a few times. This would be true whether the physical trauma was severe or not.

If you really want to know, I think a reputable hypnotist could help you find out. However, if you're showing symptoms of past sexual abuse (confusing sexual dreams, remembering weird dreams from childhood that you couldn't understand then, hypersexuality as a child, promiscuity that didn't make a lot of sense or felt compulsive, drug or alcohol abuse, anxiety and/or depression) it might help to sort it out with a counselor, and treat it as repressed sexual abuse if you believe that's what it is.

It can get difficult when you think the predator is still around (i.e., it was your father or mother, and now there are young grandchildren in the picture), it may be critical to "go public" with your family. It's horrible however you slice it. And very individual. Consult a qualified therapist.

Answer 3

When I worked as a R.N. on psych units in hospitals, There were a number of people who told me that they had had large blocks of time (years) that they had no memory of. They said that when they saw a TV show about sex abuse of children or when talking to a therapist, that memories of their being sexually abused as children came back to them.

I don't know if a person who had no loss of memory of blocks of time as a child could have repressed just the specific acts of abuse and nothing surrounding them.

I also have had patients, (and read about this kind of thing), tell me about therapists that tried to convince them that they were sexually abused as children, when they (the patient) remembered their entire childhood and knew that that didn't happen.

I also have met patients who were so impressionable that they would believe a therapist like that and imagine that sex abuse had happened when it had not.

Answer 4

I think they absolutely can. When you get traumatized sometimes your mind blocks it out in order to keep you from having to deal with it. As you get older it can slowly come back or another traumatic experience can bring those memories to the surface. Seek professional help if this is happening to you. If it's just what if question then I would the answer is yes!

Answer 5

hi Jenna, i'm very sorry this had to take place to you and that i'm hoping you have a severe high quality birthday. I and particular maximum folk does not blame you for in no way forgiving your brother yet i think of the bigger subject now could be your psychological wellbeing. have you ever talked on your father and mom approximately how your feeling? Seeing a therapist could be the terrific factor for you at this factor, you may artwork on forgiving your brother at a later time. As on your brother, its my wager that somebody sexually abused him whilst he replaced into little or he in no way might have achieved those issues to you. i'm a survivor myself.

Answer 6

Yes. It does happen. When young, our minds are not equipped to handle such trauma, so we repress it. As the years go by, we tend to subconsciously act out these repressed emotions in self-depricating ways. It's like stuffing your feelings in a closet because you are not ready to deal with them. Then one day that closet door starts bulging from all the junk in it and threatens to burst open. This person needs to clean out this closet gradually, only in a professional setting. This closet can be cleaned out and the issue dealth with, but a mental health professional must guide you through this and provide support.

Answer 7

Yes, absolutly. Your mind can block memories that you may not be "ready" to have. I was raped when I was 14, that I remember. I was in conceling, My Dr. Mentioned that I could write a book about my life. When I started I memembered a summer when I was 9 that was pretty hard to handle. Try writing things down as you remember. As you do, in time, try to use your experience to help someone else.

Answer 8

i asked my child abuse prof the same question. sometimes when kids are abused, it hruts so much that they repress it and they never thing about it and when they are adults, it's like they've never been abused. so to answer you question yes. and yes it can creap up behind them years later, say when they have kids or something like that.

i often think of that. my father loves me to death, and i would say that i was never "sexually abused" but what if i was and repressed it so much that now I "think" i wasn't but in reality I have. I guess i'll never know

Answer 9

Yes. It's called repression. It's how people deal with trauma.

Answer 10

apparently. my mother suffered from anxiety and depression and had to be institutionalized for a while. after some hardcore therapy she found out that her brother had molested her. i don't know if i believe it or not, but she's still seriously f*cked up.