Posted by Daisym on January 27, 2007, at 20:34:08
In reply to Re: Nightmares **sex abuse trigger** » Daisym, posted by sunnydays on January 27, 2007, at 19:34:40
(((Sunnydays)))
How scary for you. Thank you for sharing this, I hope it helps to hear that anyone would have been scared in a situation like that. I'm sorry for your brother too, he must have been hard to live with at that time.
You know I have boys, right? I think a 6th grade boy in a manic state would be hard for a grown up to handle, let alone a teenage girl. I can understand the wish to have been able to do something but the reality of it might help you give yourself a bit of a break.
I think I can see why your dreams have been so scary. Often the things we are most afraid of are what get stuck in our unconscious. So what didn't happen, but could have, would be the thing that is stuck. Especially since your parents perhaps didn't respond as well as they could have. That makes all the difference in the world, what happens after a trauma for a child. I hope they are helping you now. And I know you have a great therapist, so you have help there too.
I think you need to tell him about the dream and the arousal part. It is really important to talk about all of this and not let it go underground and become a secret.
I hope tonight is peaceful.
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