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[quote=Anonymous]OP— I was molested by a family member in early ES. And I would say memory is tricky.  And repressed memories as I experienced them are hard to explain.  I knew on some level I had been molested.  Was seeing a therapist in my mid teens for crippling panic attacks.   And things like nausea and vomiting and panic attacks when I was supposed to visit this relative and refusing to go we’re part of this.  And after I really trusted her, I told her, without being asked, that I had been molested.  I knew exactly when. But, my mind shut down when I tried to pull up memories of exactly what had happened. I had the outlines of something traumatic. But I’d disassociate rather than let my mind bring the abuse into focus.

It’s hard to explain.  It took a lot of incremental and at my own pace work to process the abuse.  And I did a lot of drawing and writing before I could talk about it.

You really need professional advice before you say a word to your kid.  How you react if he does tell you and what you do next will make a huge difference. I’d start with figuring out if you want a male or female therapist.  Normally you would want same gender for sex abuse.  In this case, the possible abuser was male, but a boy might be less willing to talk to a female?  IDK

As a mom, and therapy veteran, I would say IF there was abuse, it’s not something that’s going to be solved overnight. And you are going to need advice and support so that you can navigate this in the way that helps your kid the most.  Someone whose job it is to support you and let you vent, so that you can support your kid.   So, step one is probably you finding a therapist you really trust.  And your therapist can hep you navigate finding help for your kid. [/quote]

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