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COCSA or "boys being boys"?

When I was 6-7 years old, I was pinned to my ottoman by my older brother (8-9 years) and my friend (6-7 years) and repeatedly kissed on the mouth by another friend (8-9). I told them to stop and put up a struggle but ultimately gave up and let it happen. Is this COCSA or an act of children not knowing boundaries?

Understanding the Complexity of Sexual Abuse

There is hope in survivors coming together to share their stories and offer each other support, encouragement and understanding. We are stronger together.

I met her last night

I'm 9 weeks on from my assault and in the early stages of wedding planning. I'll never forget what happened me but I hope in time the good out weighs the bad.

NEVER TOO LATE

Healing means to me coming home to an empty self and filling it each day with a me.

Shattered Believes- Name

The hope is we survive, we thrive, and we find our voice. Don't let someone else take away your voice and your truth.

Six years, almost married, back “ together “ then cheated on and abused simultaneously.

You can be brave

There are good guys, I promise

Healing is allowing yourself to be seen and known and loved, even when you are carrying all you have been through and everything that has made you feel broken. Healing is realising you don’t need to be ‘healed’ to be loved, by yourself or anyone else. Healing is knowing you are perfect and worthy just because you exist. Healing is finding home in your body again. Healing is being your own safe space.

#1418

A number of years on, I am still healing from my experience, but it begins to get a little easier as you build more positive memories beyond what happened to you in the past. Having a relationship that is healthy, and that we all deserve, is healing because I feel more safe now and I know my boundaries will be respected and I will be loved regardless of the level of intimacy. I am healing by enjoying experiences that make life feel worthwhile.

#1540

It's not your fault.

母から逃げたい

癒しとは自分があること。自分の喜びややりたいことを感じられることだと思います。

原因は私だけにあるわけじゃなかった

きっと話を聞いてくれる人がいます。それまで話す相手を間違えて失敗することがあるかもしれないけど、きっといると信じてください。

No Longer Name's Victim.

Trans ethnic adoption is a form of abuse. Finding your way back to your true home is possible no matter who has tried to get in your way.

The Taste Of A Lamb After Slaughter

Don't let your trauma be all that you are. You're more than what others may say. You're you, and that's what is so beautiful. Continue to fight, don't let what had caused you be this way, win once again. You're stronger than you think, we all are. Sometimes, we just need encouragement to see that. Good luck to all of my wonderful survivors, you're all different and coping differently, and that's so valid.

My story - Name

To other survivors who have gone through anything similar,
Please know that no matter what you will find people who can love you for you, and actually try to understand you as a person. You will heal. The nightmare will end. You'll wake up and suddenly the world will be so beautiful to you. You'll feel so much love, nothing like you've ever felt before, and everything will be okay.

I won't hide what happened to me. It was wrong, and silence only makes it worse.

Thank you for reading this. I wish I could give you a hot cup of tea and a big blanket to wrap yourself in. I'm sending you my love and hope and prayers. Please remember me.

#1544

i never thought i would let another man touch me after him. it's been just over a year and i met someone new and wonderful, and i've reclaimed myself and my body in a way i never would have dreamed was possible. keep the faith. i love you.

Naivety

You can do it, don't listen to fear

I Don't Remember Being Abducted

You are strong, you are brave and God has a great purpose for you hear!

He ripped the wings off of butterflies..

I spent years suffering in silence so now I'm choosing to heal out loud

AK

I was in fourth grade, i went to the movies with these 3 boys. they tried to bring me into the bathroom, sit on their laps, tried putting their hands up my shirt and down my pants. the next day they put me in a group chat and we're putting sexual emojis and saying a lot of sexual things. was this sexual assault or cocsa in any way?

Crisis in My 20s

Being at peace with myself. Being relaxed, without having a worried mind.

#1538

Inform children. Sexual education matters a lot. Especially to neurodivergent people.

He ripped the wings off of butterflies..

I was about 5/6 the first time it happened. I had no idea what was going on I just knew I felt weird.. deep in my stomach.. that gut wrenching feeling I would get before my parents would line us up for swats. It started with him being a little touchy and "accidently" walking in on me while I was showering/ changing then he got more and more handsy until finally he trapped me in the basement one day. He managed to pin me on the ground and lifted up my dress; before I knew it he had ripped my underwear and was touching me. It felt like an eterni...

#1533

I was sexually abused by my older cousin for a prolonged period of time. The details are very hazy but I was about 9 to 11 and he was about 22. Remembering this experience and coming to terms with what was really happening took years and I had no professional help. I also realized I engaged in similar behaviors with my younger sister probably at the same time. The whole experience is a mess in my mind I don’t know what exactly happened and when but I know it’s true. I don’t know if my sister remembers but I once opened up to her very briefly a...

Help me

I don’t know how to heal yet, it’s really hard…

Name

It’s been 2 years since my ex-husband and I separated. We have two children together a girl, age 8 and a boy, age 5. After our relationship ended, I began to tell various third-parties about our relationship’s dynamic and what our sex life was like. With this, I started to reflect on the relationship and soon realized how abusive it was. My ex-husband would force me to have sex with him at every 2-3 days and if I didn’t he would treat me terrible, getting angry at me, giving me the silent treatment, acting like a pouty child and excluding me f...

#1529

If you're unsure wether or not your experience "counts" then it does. You're so strong and healing is possible. You are not to blame. It was not your fault. Im proud of you.

me siento de lo peor

No se si esto estuvo catalogado como cocsa pero, cuando tenia entre 10 años mi hermana me pidio me rogo por favor, que hiciera el s3x0 con ella, yo no estaba seguro pero al final lo hice ¿esto cuenta como cocsa?

Help me

Help me please
I found out i was assaulted when i was ten or so by my older half brother. I woke up to him in my bed, and i was a child so i didnt think much of it, but i always had this rule where i didnt want anyone in my bed because it was mine and blah blah, so i told him i was gonna tell on him later and he ran back to my brother bunk bed where he originally slept and didnt say anything. I ran over to tell my parents, and in the morning yhey obviously knew something was wrong so they asked him why he was in my bed and he admitted that he...