liv
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Post by liv on Dec 20, 2016 18:04:46 GMT -5
Okay, so I'm sure whoever reads this will understand why I can't go out and ask my family when I share this. I have never spoken a word about this and it's been 7 years. I'm 15 currently and the memories never go away. Nobody ever noticed that my grandfather always used to call me his favorite and treat me differently than all my cousins and my cousins were usually more jealous because of it. I don't know if my grandmother ever knew what was going on but it would always happen right in her house. I was only eight years old and of course young children are always told that you have to do whatever adults tell them to do, and I listened and let him do what he wanted. They never go away and every time I get flashbacks they get worse and worse. It's gotten to the point that whenever I go back into those memories I cry for hours and my family is getting worried but I can't tell them. I'm going to ruin everybody's life if I ever tell them. I can't even carry on relationships with friends and whenever I get close with a boy it all comes back and it's ruining my life and how I live. It's eating away at me. I don't know how much longer I can take it.
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Post by Ask Anon on Dec 20, 2016 19:46:47 GMT -5
You don't have to take it. You can get help.
You can talk to a school counsellor; if that isn't an option, get your parents to refer you to a counsellor or therapist - you don't have to tell them the main reason - you can tell them that you are depressed (which you are), and you think you need help (which you do).
The first step was admitting you have a problem too big to deal with on your own; that took courage. The next step is to do something about it. Counselling is always 100% confidential. You can do it!
If he is still a risk to others, then you need to think carefully about whether you really need to spill the beans - you don't want others going through what you did. But if there's no risk, then there's no pressure at all to tell the family.
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