Am I Ready Now to deal with Sexual Abuse?

Talking or even thinking about Sexual Abuse can be very difficult. The following questions may be confronting for a lot of people and it is very important that you take care of yourself if you choose to answer the questins, Taking care of yourself may mean being aware that the questions could arouse different feelings, emotions and thoughts and being able to stop, and leave the program when you need to. When you feel you are ready to continue the program login with your password and continue.

If you do decide to access this program it is a simple way for you to identify exactly how you feel about the sexual abuse. It may also assist you in identifying options in working through some of these feelings and emotions in a private way. It may assist you in making a decision about seeking support from someone you trust or a professional counsellor. We all fear many things and sexual abuse is a very frightening experience and by confronting our fears empowers us to move forward with incredible strength.

Sexual abuse can happen at any age at any time in your life. It is a sexual act that you have not agreed upon or given permission for. Sexual abuse often involves secrecy, manipulation , power, threats, bribes, trickery, force and control.

This unwanted sexual behaviour can take various forms such as:

  • Fondling, kissing , touching
  • Being forced to touch another person
  • Being touched yourself
  • Being made to pose for pornographic photos
  • Being made to look at or watch pornographic material
  • Voyeurism ( someone watching you )
  • Exhibitionism (another person exposing themselves to you )
  • Any other form of sexual act, language that is unwanted or uninvited
Sexual abuse means different things to different people. However, sexual abuse is a criminal offence and it is never the victim's fault.

Sexual abuse happens to both male and female people, and although the majority of the offenders are male there are also many female offenders.

Whether you have recently experienced sexual abuse or it happened a long time ago there are many different feelings and emotions that you may have or are experiencing. Many whom have experienced sexual abuse may try and keep these feelings inside and try not to think about it. Sometimes these feelings and emotions are best confronted. You need to be able to talk to someone whom you trust and whom you believe won't judge you. Talking to some one can help you make clearer sense of what you have experienced and make you feel better about yourself. So if you haven't dealt with sexual abuse, are you ready to deal with it now???