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Effects on adults of child sexual abuse?
When I was about 5 yes old I was at an uncles house when my 18 yr old male cousin convinced me to play a round of hide and seek. He got me alone in a room and there he went on to perform oral on me before trying to convince me to do the same to him. Thankfully I was able to leave the room. I said nothing about this until I was about 10 years old. The authorities where not contacted because I had asked for that not to happen. All I wanted was for it to go away. I remember my mother on the phone screaming at my cousin saying that he had 24 hours to leave town or we would call the police. He did and I only ever saw him once since then. We never got me any help for it but I was able to talk to my mom about it whenever i wanted. Of course I hardly brought ever it up. I am now 26 & while everyone thought it had had no effect on me, including myself, it's now that I feel it is starting to get to me. I've been thinking about it alot over the last 5 years. During the last 5 years I've also become very isolated, pushed away all friends, depressed and had significant weight gain. I've also never had a romantic relationship. I've had many male friends before but for some reason I've always been scared/nervous of physical contact like that but never thought anything of it. Just dismissed it. Last night I spoke to my dad about it for the first time & I had a panic attack remembering. Could what happened be effecting me now or is it something else? Is this normal? What should I do?
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- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
So sorry to hear that, nobody deserves what you have been through but you really need to see a therapist.
Things like that happening as a kid can extremely affect your adult life without help. You won't ever forget about it but with help you will be able to talk to someone and just let everything out.
Goodluck and once again I'm so sorry that happened :(