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Just need to get it off my chest *TW SA*

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bedroomlockedcabinet · 25/08/2023 21:08

I've changed username for this. Mumsnet will be able to see that I change it for most of my posts as I don't want anyone identifying me in real life.

I'm not really sure why I'm posting this but I kind of just feel like I need to get it all of my chest. I'm also worried that I'm not normal because of previous situations.

I was SA by my father when I was a child, I didn't report it to the police until I was an adult due to circumstances but even then the CpS decided there wasn't enough evidence so it didn't go anywhere. I'm really proud of my self for reporting it though and it really helped me to put closure on it even though it didn't go to court. I mention this as I think it has a big part in the rest of my post.

When I was a teenager I had such bad anxiety, I hated myself and thought everybody hated me too. The way I got around this was by overly flirting with boys. I thought that if they liked me then I meant something.

My first time losing my virginity happened by meeting a boy when I was out with one friend when I was 15. We were walking round town and a car pulled up. We got chatting to the two boys inside and things led on from there, lots of texting etc. I remember being in a history lesson and the boy text me saying he would pick me up from school in his car that night, he said that I better bring condoms and be ready for the night as he didn't want to mess around. He was 21. I felt nervous but went along with it because I thought it meant I was cool because he was older and had an interest in me. When I got back to his that night with my best friend (who sat downstairs) we went up to his bedroom and I slept with him. It hurt and I didnt enjoy it. When I woke up I noticed blood on the sheets and was mortified. What I didn't realise was that he had also befriended some other girls from my school so the next school day I walked in to being laughed at and bullied by most of the girls. He has told everybody that I bled and never contacted me again. I was devastated.

The next experience I had was at prom night. I got very drunk with my friends. When prom finished we went in to town with a big group of friends. Whilst there I met a guy. He was friends with my friends, he was 25 and I later found out was wanted as he had absconded from the army. I remember saying good bye to my friends and saying I was going to walk home. He lived in the same estate so said he would walk me. We walked down an alleyway and I remember stopping to kiss him. Shortly after this I passed out, I woke to him carrying me and passed out again. The next thing I remember was being in his bed and him undressing me. I woke the next morning having no idea what had happened other than knowing we had had sex due to the pain. I walked home without waking hjm.

I recently spoke to my DH about these situations and he thinks it's awful. I just feel like it was my own responsibility for putting myself in these situations. I've always felt that my only worth is whether men want to sleep with me or not. What else could they want from me? I love my husband but we have an issue with intimacy. I think it's because I struggle with associating love with intimacy. I just feel like I'm a freak and I don't deserve anybody to love me.

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herewegoroundthebastardbush · 25/08/2023 21:16

I'm so so sorry for everything you've been through. Your husband is right, all the things you describe are awful and wrong and it's not your fault you were exploited so hideously by inadequate men.

I hope you no longer have anything to do with your dirtbag oxygen thief of a father. He is the root of all your pain and he doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as actual human beings.

Please look after yourself, learn to love and value yourself, try and accept the love you deserve. Sending you hugs xx

Wallywobbles · 25/08/2023 21:23

Have you ever had any therapy? I found MN was a kind of therapy for me. The lack of victim blaming was a revelation to me.

I was SA when I was very young by a neighbour and it also had a huge affect on my view of my self. I think a very common reaction to it is promiscuity.

Having children and family of the same age as I was is what really made me realize that it wasn't my fault. Kids "flirt" to get their own way. But that doesn't make it sexual. And doesn't make them responsible for older men SA them.

bedroomlockedcabinet · 25/08/2023 21:24

@herewegoroundthebastardbush thank you for your kind words. I no longer have anything to do with my father. Once I reported him to the police I no longer heard anything from him other than the lies he tried to tell the police. Including the fact that he told them I was scared of ghosts as a kid so I must have imagined it like I imagined ghosts. Even the detectives told me his defence was ridiculous. They urged me to appeal which I did but like most historical cases it still got rejected by CPS

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bedroomlockedcabinet · 25/08/2023 21:29

@Wallywobbles I'm so sorry you have been through it too. I had counselling through the police people and it did help to put things in perspective but this was ten years or so after the other incidents happened. I just really wished I would have come forward sooner and stopped the other issues happening. I just have genuinely believed I am only as worthy as men make me out to be. Over the last two years I've felt like I turned a corner but recently have felt really low with my appearance and that has led to me feeling like if men don't find me attractive then I have no worth.
Which I know is really irrational. I have a loving husband and two beautiful children but I feel like if men feel like I look fat and frumpy and ugly then I'm worth nothing

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bedroomlockedcabinet · 25/08/2023 21:31

I just want to add that I know this makes me sound like I'm a complete bitch and only obsessed with looks but I just can't help my anxiety.

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HectorSalamanca · 25/08/2023 21:31

Oh bloody hell OP, my heart broke for you reading your posts.

Have you have any kind of therapy or counselling?

2023issucky · 25/08/2023 21:39

I'm so sorry this happened to you OP. The first man was clearly a man that saw you as vulnerable and what he did was illegal. The second one was rape. There was no consent there. None of this is your fault. All blame is on them. These were grown men, adults, who should have protected a Young vulnerable girl and instead abused that trust. I'm sorry your father couldn't be charged but he knows fully what he did, and you did what you could do. Well done for reporting too

Please seek counselling if you feel able to.

bedroomlockedcabinet · 25/08/2023 21:47

@HectorSalamanca I have had counselling which helped at the time but it has finished now and I am struggling a bit.

@2023issucky I have often thought it could be classed as that but then I've recently seen the second guy on fb and feel like it couldn't be as he now has a wife and kids and probably just didn't know what he was doing so I don't feel like I can put any blame on him.

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boobies1234 · 25/08/2023 22:02

bedroomlockedcabinet · 25/08/2023 21:47

@HectorSalamanca I have had counselling which helped at the time but it has finished now and I am struggling a bit.

@2023issucky I have often thought it could be classed as that but then I've recently seen the second guy on fb and feel like it couldn't be as he now has a wife and kids and probably just didn't know what he was doing so I don't feel like I can put any blame on him.

He was 25 years old, a fully grown adult. Just because he has a wife and child now, it doesn't mean he couldn't be a rapist. You were unconscious, you could not consent. He should have protected you and made sure you got home safe. Instead he decided to rape you. I won't say have sex with you, because sex without consent is rape.

Summer2424 · 25/08/2023 22:16

Hi @bedroomlockedcabinet
I just read your post 😔 I'm so sorry you've been through this ❤ xx

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