Can being molested as a child cause someone to........?

Question

Can being molested as a child cause someone to develop social phobia as a teenager? If so why?

Answer 1

being molested as a child, any kind of abuse as children can cause significant mental damage of any kind. Fear of trusting others is all too common. Finding the right coping method is imperial in getting through life.

"Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. Beginnings are usually scary, endings are usually sad, but its the middle that counts the most."

Answer 2

Yes, it can cause social phobia. The reason why is that children naturally place their trust and security in their parents, guardians, or other adults that are around them. If they are molested, they may be ignorant of the consequences of the actions as a child but as they mature they come to realize that the molestation done to them was a fundamental violation of the trust and security that they had in parents, guardians, or adults as a child. This violation of the child's body, trust, and dignity will affect their ability to relate to other people as they mature. It will affect the child's ability to trust in others thus a healthy relationship of love will be difficult to achieve.

Answer 3

Being molested causes insecurities in dealing with others, you are more likely to question a persons intentions. Learning to understand what make yourself tick help to understand your fears. A majority of the population has been molested in some manner, whether they want to admit it or not.
Time needs to be taken to understand that it was not your fault, and to move on with Your life.

Answer 4

Well first of all, molestation of children is such a terrible crime. The residual effects can last into adulthood and manifest itself into many different ways. Social phobia is normal in teenagers (esp. if your just starting a new school, etc). Remember that God doesn't make mistakes, and if something happened to you in the past, it was just allowed to happen for a reason (poss. to make you stronger and to help others that might have gone through the same thing). "Trust in the Lord and do not lean to your own understandings". God bless you!

Answer 5

yes, and i say this from personal experience. when children are put in a place where innocence is violated, it takes with it trust. trust being the key in most relationships. i didnt have that many friends until high school when i started talking to a shrink. it worked wonders, i learned how to trust again and i have a good life. dont let the actions of another have any bearing on your life. you can't change what happened and its not your fault. you can try to build relationships, but it will take time. those annoymous groups help too, they usually have one for teens. it will help you work through these problems and face them, then you can go on with your life. take things slow, it will work out.

Answer 6

Yes. A scenario. A child is the victim of pattern molestation. Throughout childhood this is accepted as the norm by the victim. As the child grows and is more exposed to society in general, he/she learns of the social mores and laws of the society in which he/she lives and discovers what has been happening all this time. This usually happens in the pre-teen to teen years. Now the kid has this "dirty secret" that sets them apart from all of his/her peers during a time of life when social conformity is most important to him/her. Now the child has to carefully avoid situations that would expose this "secret" which leads to a host of problems such as self osrticization for example. Avoiding social events, being secretive about home life etc.
I could go on for hours on the subject. I'd suggest sourcing books about "pathology of the victim" and "abnormalities in child development" in the psychology section of the local library.

Answer 7

Sexual trauma can make a individual see the world as a dangerous place. They may also make the person feel that they cannot accurately read the intentions of people who plan to harm them in some way so everyone becomes suspect. This is the backbone of social phobia as the fear of strangers or social situations can be severe enough to trigger panic attacks.

Answer 8

Yes, but this space doesn't permit a proper explanation. There are books about this phenomena and you can find them online or in the library. Type in After effects of child molestation

Answer 9

If one has been traumatized as a child, and the perpetrator of that trauma was another human being, then yes, a social phobia could be developed in which the child refrains from social contacts and distances themselves from social encounters. Many phobias and disorders can have their etiology in child sexual abuse.

Answer 10

absolutely, since most childhood sexual abuse usually happens with a close family member or someone a child knows. That child in turn looses trust and has a difficulty letting anybody in, or letting anyone come close afraid that those people in return will harm them.