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Im fourteen years old with repressed memories of rape? Please, serious answers only.?

Im fourteen years old, and Ive been having repressed memories about rape for about three years now...

I think it happened when I was about five or six years old; I had just met my cousins. One of them was about 15/16 years old, and my parents used to leave me over their house all the time. His mother was never home because she was a school teacher, and my big bro as well as my twin bro would be in my other cousins room in the basement playing the game...

Sometimes, he'd call me into the living room and he'd tell me to grab him inappropriately...other times, hed try to make me perform oral sex on him... but I would never do it. He never vaginally penetrated me, it was always anal... It went on for about eight months or so before he eventually just stopped; I think it was because he became more proactive with his religion...

I feel so stupid writing all this... I dont wanna tell my mom, dad or my brothers because Im so ashamed... Im only fourteen and my cousin, for God's sake's, took my virginity.

The absolutely messed up part is that I can't help but love him as my family. I still see him every now and again, but he has a wife and a child now, and he's in the marines corps... Im scared that if I say anything, Ill mess up his life. In a weird way, I dont want to be selfish and say anything. Everytime he sees me, he acts as though It never happened. I think he expects that I've just forgotten about the entire thing...

The oddest thing about this whole thing is that I lead and almost-normal life. Im in the ninth grade; I get good grades, and I don't think about it that much. However, I do have low-self esteem, and I don't have many CLOSE friends... The only time Ive ever cried about it is when I told one of my CLOSEST friends, or when I think about how Ill never be able to truly give someone my virginity one day...

I happen to think about sex ALOT; though The idea of sex doesnt make me uncomfortable/scared.

Im embarressed about the entire thing, but It seems like I'm somehow unconsciously blocking it out and not dealing with the animosity that I have towards him.

Should I tell anyone?

And why am I acting as though it wasnt a big deal, when in reality it really was?

I seriously dont know whats wrong with me...

Knowledgeable Answers would really be appreciated, thanks.

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  • ______
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    wtf is your problem? seriously...if i were you..the first time he even said anything innapropriate to me about sex...especially when i was 6. i would've first. punched him in the face with all my might, and then told my parents.. so now. you do the following.

    1) run downstairs and tell your parents about what has happened

    2) listen to what they have to say about it

    3) tell the parents of the dude who raped you what happened

    4) tell the dude who raped you AND MAKE SURE HIS WIFE IS THERE TO HEAR ABOUT IT TOO

    5) watch his life crumble to peices for being a disguisting freak.

    6) get some professional help to figure out why you kept quite about this for so long. thats just plain retarded.

    Source(s): 14 year old | freshman
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    First, some people are so self absorbed that you can have an oompa oompa band march through the living room, and they will not know it. Second, if someone had been paying attention, they may have seen it. If the child was examined by a doctor who was looking for something odd, they would have seen it. My wife was a social worker, and the cases she investigated where nobody noticed would make you sick. On the flip side, we all have unassociated memories floating around. A remembered dream or nightmare. We were bothered by something in the past, and now we continue to be bothered by it. A child can be raped emotionally with out so much as a finger being touched on them. And the emotional damage is just as real. To me, some horror happened in the past, don't waste time trying to identify, accept it, and work forward.

  • 1 decade ago

    You are very brave for sharing this very traumatizing experience, thank you.

    I am familiar with the feelings you have about the horrible events, because i was a victim of child rape myself. i was raped by my brother when i was 11, and kept it a secret until the age of 21, because i was scared of being judged, but also i love my brother with all my heart, because he is my brother. i can absolutely understand where you come from.

    BUT what we need to agree on is that child rape is a horrendous crime, that should never, ever happen. By leaving one more child rapist walk the streets, we are exposing so many more little children to the danger of that horrible crime.

    having a 16 year old teenager molest you as a baby must have left physical and mental scars that you may not be able to recognize, because you are still young.

    but you are still a victim, and you were done wrong, taken advantage of your purity.

    In my case, problems arose as i grew older. when i was 14, 16, it wasnt much on my mind but i was sexually promiscuous. now i am 24, and i suffer from mental illnesses because of the guilt, the visual flashbacks, and dealing with feelings that should be my brother's problems, not mine.

    So, as a favor to yourself, your future, your wellbeing, and as a way of preventing more crimes like this, tell someone.

    It takes so much courage, and so much stress, but it will be so worth it, and will help you take a step towards healing the scars you have carried for so long.

    tell someone you trust, and care about, but tell an adult. you need someone older and wises to deal with the situation. it can be your mother, father, a teacher, an aunt.

    This is your life. you are a precious young lady, and you cannot let a criminal damage your holy body and mind. Do it for now, do it for your future, and do it for other children. You are the only owner of your body.

    Source(s): experience
  • 1 decade ago

    Honey, it is NOT your fault....it NEVER was---and you have nothing to feel any shame for

    I urge you to tell your parents so that you can move beyond this. You still are a virgin, because he never vaginally penetrated you. Forced penetration by a perpetrator (the one who raped you).....is STILL rape

    It's is WRONG for someone older than you--to sexually violate you--just because he's in the military does not "make it right" It's still rape...even if it was anal penetration

    Hopefully you have good parents. And can trust them.....They'll know what to do. You will continue to repress memories untill you deal with it---it may be painful...but it's the right way to go--and the only way to heal

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  • 1 decade ago

    You are not selfish. He was a jerk for doing that to you. You did not do anything wrong, and all of your feelings are normal. Yes you need to tell someone. I think you should start with your parents. Even if you and your parents chose not to press charges (which you should) you need some professional help. You need to have the chance to live and not have this come up in your mind when you meet someone you want to be with. You are acting like it isn't a big deal because you want to cover it up, but don't be ashamed! You deserve to live and have a wonderful life!

  • 1 decade ago

    honestly it is eating you up inside so if this has been haunting you for three years you NEED to say something. This isn't just something that is going to go away. I know that it must be super hard but if you tell someone like a parent you will be able to get the help you need for closure and maybe he isn't better and he could be doing this to his own kids now. If you speak up and say something you could prevent something else from happening. You deserve to have closure and to tell someone, your parents will most likely understand and you should not be worried about how it will affect his life. You deserve to be able to put it behind you and move on and the only way that will happen is by confronting your problem. please take my advice and just tell your mom or dad because it is NOT your fault at all and you should NOT be ashamed. good luck and please speak up because you could be saving his children from the same pain he caused you

  • 1 decade ago

    I know what you're going through, when I was seven years old I was fisted by a strange man. It hurt so bad, his hand was HUGE. I am so sorry, I know what you are feeling. You have to tell some one this man took something from you you can never have back, I regret not telling when I had the chance. Please don't make the same mistake I did.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you don't even know if it really happened!

    let it go.

    live a good life.

  • 1 decade ago

    People make mistakes.

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