If you were molested when you were about five or six by a brother can that adversely effect your self esteem?
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Of course it can, and especially at the ages you mention - when a girl is coming into womanhood, and getting to know about her mature self. Would be a good idea to get some professional counselling.
Yes, it will. A person who's in this situation should seek a psychologist or therapist.
yes, it can and the best way through it is with professional counselling. If this has happened to you or someone you know get professional help. FunQA.com is not the place for help on this one. There a lot of places that offer free counselling and all of it is confidential. Get help for whoever this is with this problem.
Definitely. Anyone who was molested should get therapy. Otherwise it could ruin your life. The molester should be reported also. It's never too late to do that. He could be hurting other kids.
Yes. The best thing for you to do is to get counseling for it or it may haunt you the rest of your life.
For it to come up recently may be that your mind is ready to deal with it so you can move on from it.
The other possibility is that something triggered the memories. Either way, NOW is the time to get professional help with this so you can move on.
Best of luck to you. peace.
Most certainly it can.Sexual abuse by anyone at anytime can cause problems.It doesnt matter if it happened 1 time or many.It causes pain and confusion and the potential for a whole host of other issues.
Trauma needs to be dealt with by yourself and a professional.Contact RAINN.com for resources.
Also there are several really good internet based support sites -After Silence,Welcome to Barbados & Aphrodite Wounded.
As a survivor ,its definitely caused me to do doubt myself & my self esteem has suffered.I dont let it rule me.My past is my past.It isnt ALL of me.And you can get there too.
If this happened to you or someone you know, get help with this; professional help. Do not delay.
yes it does effect you not only self esteem buy you will become withdrawn depressed and relationships suffer because of it through out your life.You need to get help.
Yes it can have an effect on you if you remember. It can be very troubling.Depending on the age of your brother he might have been to young to understand what he was doing himself and just curious like say around 10 or so.On the other hand he might have been older and known exactly what he was doing and you need to bring it up to him that you remembered this about him and you feel very uncomfortable about this.Either way it has affected you and may for the rest of your life.Just remember one thing.You are a special person and do not let this control your life.It is very hard to except and deal with inside your mind but you must always be strong and never let this happen agian or to anyone around you.I hope there can be comfort some where inside and you can cope with this.Somtimes talking things like this out with someone else helps but if you keep it inside you it can bother you the rest of your life. Im sorry that this has happend and I wish you the best of luck in this matter.
just refer to my answer on your other question
Yeah, sure it can.
So can being molested by a babysitter at that age.
awww hun of course it will you will always associate a relationship with pain just remember they were wrong not you good luck
Yes and it will carry on for the rest of your life too.
Yes it can. Especial at that age. The individual should seek professional help to get over this terrible experience.
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