Support thread for survivors of childhood sexual abuse PART 6

[CailinDana]

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The purpose of these threads is to allow survivors of childhood sexual abuse, their partners, friends, or parents, to talk in a safe place about what they think and feel. Nothing is off limits or taboo, just say what you want to say.

olympic - the world IS a crazy place, I dont think youre weird at all. If more people only acknowledged that life is hard most of the time...

I had one before 5 yrs ago where all I did was melt chocolate butter then bung everything in a bowl et voila

www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_chocolate_cake_31070

maybe [hmmm]

www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_chocolate_cake_31070

:o there's always though!

Fab recipe

Hello everyone, I was directed here after making a thread about the abuse I suffered in childhood here I feel so weird to have talked about it (even just virtually) but I am determined to deal with it and feel better.

Hi Swan, glad you joined the thread. How's it going?

Getupgo, sorry if you mentioned it already and I missed it but are you a namechanged regular or are you new? Just so I can keep track :)

There's meant to be a suoereasy microwave chocolate cake recipe.

Cailin been a bit up and down today DD1 was here with her bf and then I went out to get coffee was a fun day at Asda so busy had to go for short drive afterwards was weepy as well coming out of shop. DD2 her bf and his brother are here now.

How are you feeling at the moment dotty?

Still not great keep hitting the wall going to try to see my usual dr this week I know 'my issues' are on my notes but not something I want to discuss with other drs however great they all are.

Seeing the same gp is normally suggested as notes are just notes and sometimes need explaining.

Is the gp good/understanding?

Olympic its the fact its on the screen she asked my permission to document it never been asked that ever she's fab really has gone above and beyond to help me through but was so well last time I saw her as well.[Sad]

OK thanks Cailin :) I feel less emotional today and bizarrely like I want to forget it all again. It's hard to keep the momentum going but I'm definitely going to see my GP this week for a referral for counselling.

Swan I don't know your story but you don't need to go to GP for counselling rape crisis are fantastic when the shit hit the fan so to speak I had a brilliant support worker there she was actually a PTSD counseller so was well suited to me.

Dotty, mines all documented on my notes so I don't have to go through explaining myself all the time.

Swan, dips and turns are really common, good that you want to deal with it and Dotty's right, rape crisis are brilliant and often more specialised than nhs councelling, although I have nhs and she's been brilliant, it just took 18months which was way too long.

Have you looked at the rape crisis website?

Thanks dotty. I had a look at my local rape crisis centre site and there is a waiting list for counselling which is 3 months long! I will give them a call tomorrow to get the ball rolling, I think I get a first appointment then referred for the waiting list.

I still feel a bit unsure about telling my GP as I don't feel like I really want it on my medical records, I would rather it was more anonymous I think. Plus it will probably take just as long!

Swan I don't know if the fact I'd done a disclosure meant I was seen immediately couldn't be sure as DC referred me she actually mentioned them before she took me up to video suite.

As I say nowadays a good GP will ask if you want it on your notes if your not comfortable ask them not to document it.

Yeah NHS counselling tends to be very slow unfortunately. I asked for it but never got it in the two years I was waiting.

I was meaning to ask actually - with NHS counselling, once you've had your six sessions is that it? Or is there the potential to have more if you need it?

My sister had her sessions how ever many then had to have a 3 month break

Why was that dotty?

I was refused NHS counselling

No idea its just how it works there

Why were you refused NHS counselling dotty?