During and after my childhood sexual abuse, I found myself dealing with systems of PTSD; I was depressed and overwhelming anxious. I would often experience a trigger during consensual sex that would cause flashbacks, taking me back to my childhood abuse. I spent years after my abuse trying to withdraw from family gatherings to avoid my perpetrator. As a child, I had horrible nightmares. I wasn’t aware that I suffered from PTSD until many years after I was grown.
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