I was sexually assaulted as a kid. By a family member I was very close with. I was never the same once I realized.
you may be wondering what do you mean when I realized? Well I was too young to understand it was sexual assault, which is why I believe you should teach your kid as soon as possible where people shouldn’t be touching you. Yes I understand you want to keep your kids mind innocent, but you have to keep them safe.
Now how has this affected me? First I hate physical touch. It somewhat triggers those memories, or I just feel scared of becoming my assaulter. I often feel their presents or feel their hands on me when they are not.
The way I cope aren’t very healthy, I am currently in denial it happened so sometimes I remember it and sometimes I forget it ever happened.
I’m still trying to figure how to move on from this.

I am not real good about talking about my experience, I don’t mind if you have any questions

also here’s some art of my f/o and I 🙂‍↕️