*Triggers Possible* 2nd abuse… new flashback

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*Triggers Possible* 2nd abuse… new flashback
I worked all day, not even one thought about anything sexual. Since I am an active part of MS I almost had the feeling of being obsessed: about others stories (to find similarities, looking for triggers that would help me remember), about my own abuse (can’t tell you how ashamed I felt when my body reacted), about being finally able to talk to others about my past in details that I can’t share with friends or my family. I could not deal with them knowing…
After work was done I had dinner, like always, eating pasta (same sauce, same amount weighted precisely, rewatching the same episodes of American Dad for the hundred time). When I finished I turned of the screen of my iPad, saw myself in the black glass and a flashback hit me. I could feel my face becoming white. And now I am smoking one sigarette after the other trying to calm myself down. Sorry for rambling, but I needed to tell someone… I am afraid that if I don’t write it down right away tomorrow I don’t remember. And I need to share… I don’t know with whom to talk about it…

What I always found strange is that I have clear and vivid memories about my my first abuse. Sensations, rooms, cloths, smells. When I close my eyes it feels as if I am there.
The second abuse though seems like a preview that stops at one point. The same point for years.
A neighbor kid (I’ll call him H) around 15/16 and a friend of him (G) take me to H’s house. We go up the stairs to the ceiling. They ask if I want to play doctor, I think. I remember laying on the ground, shirt pulled up, pants and underwear pulled down and off, legs placed in a “frog” position. They are on my side on their knees, one on each side.
I don’t remember G’s face. He is though from the same town and I see his hair style clearly: dark hair combed to one side. But his face, every time an image starts to form it vanishes.
I remember the smirks, the looks they give each other while smiling. I recall a feeling of unease, like when you see a red flag that you just can’t explain.
H starts to touch me, my neck (squeezing), my chest (squeezing and pulling my nipples), my belly, rubbing and pushing. And then my genitals. Touching, softly, the fingers stroking the tip of my foreskin, along the penis, the balls, under them, I feel a finger brushing my anus, then going back to my penis. Obviously I was erect (like my penis was ready for the games my uncle played).
G pulls my foreskin back, quick, hard. I hear myself saying “ahi!”, not shouting, almost whispering like if I was trying to not draw attention from others in the house (I hate this memory, makes me feel as if I wanted to protect them from being discovered doing something wrong). I try to close my legs but H just says no and I open them again. H moves behind my head, G stays on my side (I think he was on my left). He lets go of my penis, the skin still pulled back. “His balls” I hear H say, and then his hands, from behind, push my knees open. G takes one testicle in his hand and starts to squeeze.

DARK - the memories keeps stopping at this point. Some details over the last month came to the surface, but the end was always the same. Till today. My eyes are still producing tears, but I don’t cry. Weird…

The flashback just added another part of that day. Too little, just to fucking add more confusion and questions and images to have me stay awake more nights while I am just exhausted!

G squeezes one of my balls. I let out a shy scream, try to close my legs but H’s hands still push on my knees. I try to lift my head to see what they are doing, but H’s crotch is over my face. When I look up I see them looking at each other, nodding and smirking. My knees are briefly free, H stands, opens his belt, his jeans, pulls them down to his ankles and gets back in the same position: on his knees, legs spread, right over my face. Hands back on my knees pushing them open. I see his balls, I feel the pubs tickling my nose, I see his crack. And the smell. The hands on my knees couldn’t be his because he pushes his penis on my face, like rubbing it on it. I feel the stickiness. Then he moves his crotch, up and down, back and forth. I apologize for the details… but I remember the smell of that dirty dick, his sweaty balls, his dirty crack. It seemed like he tried to rub my nose on his hole. Then I feel a hard pull on my penis, skin pushed back hard, and a too big hand pulling on my too small balls and squeezing, hard.

DARK

I look at myself in the screen black screen, eyes pushing out tears without crying. And then I threw up.
Still trying to process what the fuck just happened. I even tried to gaslight myself, “you just made that up”. Pathetic right? How would this be a memory when just an hour ago, for 45 years, there wasn’t even a trace of it? How could someone even try to believe when even I tell myself that I am just imagining things…

Sorry if this is so long. I needed to get this out. I am so fucking confused. And angry. At myself. I wanted to remember, I was trying to find answers in your stories. Guess I got some and now I am trying to understand how to deal with them. I took some drops of Xanax to stop the panic attack that was building up. So at least I can’t feel my body too much. My head though is working like crazy. I feel my face, blank, still. Feels weird looking at the letters on the screen creating words and describing my thoughts. Like if I am reading just a story.
Better get a break. Sorry again.
 
PS: all I think about is starting to wank while staring at a screen. How sick is that…
 
Hi @raffa_will_fight

Not sick at all.
When we try to make sense of anything that makes no sense at all we may very well end up in unknown territory. As so often has been said here on MS, our subconscious mind and memories tend to protect us from the horrors of abuse until we are ready to receive it and process it. It's pretty clear that the second abuse is not fully developed, and I'm sorry it's been such a confusing period for you. Please keep in mind that a "trigger warning" is all that's necessary for anyone to caution others who may not be in a situation where another member could not deal with someone trying to work through such traumatic events. Best wishes as you continue on your healing journey, and try to further process that 2nd abuse.
 
I'm sorry you went through that. The part about feeling like you made it up is so difficult. I have felt the same way. It's normal, but it's still not easy. At one point I even made up a story in my mind to see what it felt like to do. It doesn't feel the same. The memories are real. Just be kind to yourself and keep working through it. If you don't have a therapist yet, consider looking.
 
Hi @raffa_will_fight

Not sick at all.
When we try to make sense of anything that makes no sense at all we may very well end up in unknown territory. As so often has been said here on MS, our subconscious mind and memories tend to protect us from the horrors of abuse until we are ready to receive it and process it. It's pretty clear that the second abuse is not fully developed, and I'm sorry it's been such a confusing period for you. Please keep in mind that a "trigger warning" is all that's necessary for anyone to caution others who may not be in a situation where another member could not deal with someone trying to work through such traumatic events. Best wishes as you continue on your healing journey, and try to further process that 2nd abuse.
thank you… being still new here, at least as an active member, I still try to figure things out. Moments like yesterday had me almost break, so in need to talk to someone (I am trying to understand how making a chat room is done). After reading hundreds of stories and comments I get that everyone goes through recovery differently. Some don’t feel the need to speak about details and use word probably better than me. Others are very detailed, narrating a story that seems almost from a book. I can relate to those. Weird is that it seems almost like an obsession, I guess to some it could almost feel like “eroticizing” the abuse (I read some threads on it). That is for me what makes this whole process so confusing. On the other hand I start to learn about hyper sexuality stemming from the abuse. And it is soothing to know that there is an explanation why I am how I am, that having “sexual thoughts” all the time is kind of imprinted because the necessary steps for sexuality to evolve are changed during the abuses.
I am sharing a fear because I know I can speak freely here: every time I feel the need to share something with you guys, I try to control the way I write (which is taking away my authenticity, I know) because I fear to be ignored. I am so desperate to find friends who get that part of my past. And I hate to be so needy. Hope this makes sense. Trying to be honest with y’all and myself.
 
I'm sorry you went through that. The part about feeling like you made it up is so difficult. I have felt the same way. It's normal, but it's still not easy. At one point I even made up a story in my mind to see what it felt like to do. It doesn't feel the same. The memories are real. Just be kind to yourself and keep working through it. If you don't have a therapist yet, consider looking.
Thank you, I so needed this validation.
And you are right. This, I think, is what my obsession with MS and the stories is about. I am looking for triggers, looking for stories that may be similar and that could complete the missing parts of my memory. Some comments or stories seem so logical that i think: yes, this is how it went for me as well. But then, after the physical reactions of yesterdays flashbacks are completely different. Violent. And probably making myself believe that I made it up makes me kind of feeling more calm, like “crazy is better than dealing with what is indefinitely a part of who you are today”.
I was on and off therapy (with both psychologists and psychiatrists) from 10 till last year. Most of the time after 10 session I stoped because there was no break through. My brain just didn’t let me get to the core.
My last T I still don’t like 😂 because I think he is arrogant, understanding now that some people I cannot “figure out”. Like he said once I am a people pleaser 2.0, meaning that I study people around me and shift my personality and behavior to what I think they need me to be, in order to be liked. In more honest words; manipulating myself to manipulate the world around me. When I can’t read people, or the other persons “social mask” is good as mine, I go into panic.
What I wanted to say that he was the best of all. Maybe to “straight to your face”, but he got me. it’s one year since the last sessione with him, and now all the years start to make sense. I am here. We both agreed that I need to figure some parts out on myself (knowing I can call and he’ll see me tomorrow). But I have to get first through the blocks I keep up. (I am in contact though, thank you for caringI)
THIS, MS, you guys, are at the moment a crucial part… so I apologize if I am sometimes too heavy, too clingy, too needy. Know that it is my way of showing how much I am grateful for y’all
 
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