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Hello,
Just wanted to say Hi, thank everyone for their posts and share a bit of my situation.
My son is in his early 20s, has struggled with some depression/anxiety/ADHD like symptoms and has seemed pretty stuck in life. Therapy and meds never seemed to really help much--but we now know he never really opened up on therapy until this past year.
Just a few weeks ago, he finally opened up to us and shared that he was molested around age 9 or 10 by another boy. He said he didn't even understand what was going on and felt deep shame, and then even more shame by not being able to tell us. Then about a year ago, he was drugged and sexually assaulted and also hit by a man who groomed him for about a month. He did tell some friends a few months later, who were very supportive of him. Fortunately we were also both very supportive and over the next couple of days he was able to share more and really, really break down to me and feel supported and open up. I'm absolutely horrified that this happened (i know it's common) and so worried and concerned for him. Now his dad and I understand so much better why he's been so stuck for so long. Thanks for reading.
Just wanted to say Hi, thank everyone for their posts and share a bit of my situation.
My son is in his early 20s, has struggled with some depression/anxiety/ADHD like symptoms and has seemed pretty stuck in life. Therapy and meds never seemed to really help much--but we now know he never really opened up on therapy until this past year.
Just a few weeks ago, he finally opened up to us and shared that he was molested around age 9 or 10 by another boy. He said he didn't even understand what was going on and felt deep shame, and then even more shame by not being able to tell us. Then about a year ago, he was drugged and sexually assaulted and also hit by a man who groomed him for about a month. He did tell some friends a few months later, who were very supportive of him. Fortunately we were also both very supportive and over the next couple of days he was able to share more and really, really break down to me and feel supported and open up. I'm absolutely horrified that this happened (i know it's common) and so worried and concerned for him. Now his dad and I understand so much better why he's been so stuck for so long. Thanks for reading.