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- 4y
I would suggest talking with a therapist about this. It seems like you had a traumatic experience. You are actively avoiding not interacting with anything that reminds you of that place or period of time in your life. A therapist could help you learn how to handle triggers that being up painful memories.
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- 4y
I really really want to talk to a therapist but I just donât know how to ask my mom. I know she will be ok with it but I know itâs going to break her when she finds out why.
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- 4y
@LoveyDuck You don't necessarily have to tell her at this moment the whole story. I believe today's parents understand the need for therapy. Try letting her know you've been under a lot of stress and have been struggling with some things lately and think talking through things with a therapist would help. If your parents ask for details, mention that you're not ready to share but when you are ready, you will let them know. Basically, let them know you are appreciative of them caring but are not ready to talk about things just yet. (You may end up choosing not to share anything with your parents and that is fine too). It will take a lot of courage to ask for help, but you can do this! You can do hard things!!!
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@Bailey253 Ok thank you so much. I am really going to try my best. Iâll will update when the times comes. I canât thank you enough. This was a great post and very informative and helpful. Thank you! Hope all goes well with you!
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- 4y
No I really do not. Thank you by the way for talking to me. It was very nice and eye opening!
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I donât understand how this situation could be ârightâ or âwrong.â Itâs just opinion. I have been at sleepovers and things where people dare you to strip and things like that. Why is that so horrible? And have gotten changed in front of my friends all my life. And went skinny dipping with my friend. Also itâs not your job to worry about that girl- you need to do what is best for you. Itâs nothing to feel guilty about.
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I think the thing personally that really got to me was the fact that it was so pressured. I said manytimes that I was fine and didnât want to but kept getting pressured. And with the ocd now Iâm having trouble securing my story. I keep thinking what Iâm saying could be wrong or something idk.
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@LoveyDuck What part are you worried is wrong?
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This is very dismissive. Just because you are fine with changing in front of others or skinny dipping doesnât mean others are. Avoiding because of this situation means that it was traumatic for LoveyDuck. Trauma is real and shouldnât be minimized. LoveyDuck definitely reach out for therapy. As a mom I really do think your mom will be open to therapy for you. You donât need to give many details and anything you say to yourself therapist will be kept confidential. You choose what details to share outside of therapy
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- 4y
@BritD Than you very much! Itâs nice to know this from another perspective! I am going to try my best to reach out to my mom. I really want to partake in therapy I just donât know how to bring up the idea? Thanks once again. I really liked this post!
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- 4y
@LoveyDuck I would just say something to the effect of you have been struggling from anxiety and feel that speaking with a therapist could help. I think pretty much every human could benefit from therapy of some sort. Trauma is real and NOBODY gets to determine what it traumatic to someone else. Your trauma is real and you deserve to work through that and live a full life.
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@BritD Thank you so very much. You couldnât have said it anything better. Thank you so much for your insight! It means a lot to me that people feel as though therapy is a benefit. It should make talking to my mom a whole lot easier! Thank you so much. I really enjoyed talking with you! Thank you, and I hope all goes well with you!
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To be honest Iâm not sure. As a kid up until know (Iâm 15) I have always had a very hard time with personal things like this. I have never been comfortable dressing in front of people, never using the bathroom, and I think the thing about this and this could just be the ocd is that it wasnât MY decision. I felt as though I was pressured and because I have in it feels wrong to me. Honestly I donât know and sometimes I think Iâm over analyzing what happened to the point where I just donât know
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- 4y
So you are afraid you undressed or did what you did because you were pressured to do so? And why would that be bad/wrong of you? Donât we all do things we are pressured to do?
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@Anonymous That is very true. To be honest at this point it was a long time ago so itâs not something that is playing a huge role at the moment in my life, but your right. I donât know why something like that would bother me đ¤ˇââď¸
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@LoveyDuck Yea it sounds like you are just a normal human being. Idk maybe someone could think of that as bad but do you really want to think you are bad every time you do something because you feel peer pressured?
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- 21w
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- 15w
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- 13w
TW:trauma.. This can be very triggering... I was outside walking my dog.I met with the family of the kid who was hurt years ago(I mentioned abt this..it was really a bad and traumatizing event) .I warned them abt a dog (bcs they have a dog too ) who was walking around and bcs I think I saw it another day .And I talked with their mom and I thought: Am I lying ? Am I manipulating her into thinking I am a caring person when in reality I am not.Because I didnt helped the kid when they needed help.I was right there and didnt help and didnt told them.I feel like a traitor.Everytime we met and talk I am scared my friendly interactions mean I am lying to them and manipulate them.Bcs I didnt help their kid...:,( I am so so sorry for them.I feel like I left them in danger back then,that it was my fault..I cant stop thinking abt how they trusted me and I didnt help..and that event.Because no one should go through that..especially a kid.I am scared honestly..even now .And I am worried.I only care bcs their parents will be mad and blame me..I am scared I dont care abt what happened to the kid( I am sorry if this is triggering..I think these are also my intrusive thoughts) .Plus everytime I am near them I get intrusive images of what happened .And I feel like a criminal..plus other horrible thoughts that make me feel like I a monster.I have terrible thoughts over and over and I feel I am what I am scared of.That I acutually am.I started to belive this( still pray is just ocd)I know is weird( and I am sorry if this is triggering) but I feel like I am the person who hurt the kid.:,(.I just think I dissapointed them and hurt them (the kid..also the family).The worst is I dont even know if they told anyone.I will talk with a therapist abt this..but I want to know also your advices..if u can give me..I know this might be reassurance but I am desperate.These thoughts and intrusive images I get abt what happened are horrible.I cant imagine...:(.I only think abt how terrible it was for the kid..and I feel bad because I think abt it.I overthink my every action, I overthink everything abt my interactions with them and their family.This summer my family will go on a trip with them I think , and Idk if I should go.( tw: also think her dad thinks I am suspicious and I absolutely have no intent to hurt the kid.And that he think I am dangerous bcs I didnt help her:()This feels like hell and I feel like I am make myself a victim in a situation I made myself..I am sorry for putting so many tw.I know this sounds all so bad and suspicious..Either I am terrible or scared I am terrible or both...:(.Anyway I know I did a terrible mistake.Thank you so much if anyone reads all this and responds
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