My DH brok down crying the other night and told me that as a child he was sexually abused by his uncle.
He was 7 at the time.
He has not had a good childhood, his mum left his dad to bring him and his siblings up and they moved into his grandparents house where the abuse took place.
He has never told anyone this before and said that he cannot stand the shame,guilt or being depressed over it anymore and knows that he needs to get counselling.
I asked him did he want to tell his dad and he said yes but didnt know how, he says he doesnt want to confront the uncle as he hardly sees him anyway but, the uncle has children grown up and DH says that if he did it to him then he probably did it to his own children especially the eldest as she seems quite mentally unstable.
After he told me he went and had a chat with his sister, he said she wasnt surprised when he told her and that she would support him in whatever he wants to do.
I dont know what to say or do for him, i know and he does that when his dad finds out the sh*t will hit the fan and his dad will go straight round to the uncles and smack him one, DH doesnt want any trouble.
I just want to help and comfort him but i dont know how to i feel like im walking on eggshells, he is very tearful, we were both crying last night.
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delicatematter · 24/05/2006 09:53
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