How to move forward

Posted by Ashe2013.

My brother sexually abused me when I was younger through inappropriate touching. I can’t remember all of the details, but I remember it happening at least several times when I was around the age of 6. He is 6 years older than me, making him around 12 at the time. I never told anyone at the time it was happening and didn’t even register that something had happened to me until I was in high school. After reading a book in which a girl was abused, memories came flooding back to me. I then later remembered that I had gone to the doctor for a UTI in first grade, which helped me place the time frame of when things happened. I feel confident that the UTI was caused by the abuse. Looking back, there are other inappropriate things he has done. When he was in high school, I accidentally caught him looking at porn on the shared computer and instead of being ashamed or uncomfortable, he wanted to show it to me. Another time, I had a friend over and we… Read more  »

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