Signs of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Adults
- Little or no memory of childhood—age 3 to 12
- Trouble with relationships—on the job, in your family
- Panic attacks—mild to severe
- Depression
- Inability to trust or trusting indiscriminately
- Obsessive compulsive behavior
- Nightmares of being chased, trapped or surreal,
- Sensory flashes—unable to identify images
- Suicidal thoughts or attempts
- A sense of going crazy or feeling unreal compared to others
- Sense of underlying humiliation
- Angry outbursts/rage seemingly for no reason
- Inability to recognize feelings
- Diagnosis of ADD or ADHD
- Labeled an ‘airhead’
- Eating disorders—anorexia, bulimia, obesity
- Gastrointestinal/gynecological disorders
- Chronic back pain—L3, L4 and/or L5 region
- Cancer—predominately—vaginal, cervical or ovarian in women; testicular, prostate
in men; however cancer of any kind can be as a result of physical or sexual abuse.
- Prostitute/promiscuous sex
- Dissociative Identity Disorder—MPD
- Self-injury—self-abuse, self-mutilation (cutting, burning, breaking bones, pinching
skin, ingesting, injecting and inserting foreign materials, interfering with the healing
process of wounds, punching, slapping, picking skin, pulling hair, bloodletting,
tattooing, piercing
- Wearing baggy clothes or clothes a size or two sizes too large
- Aversion to opposite sex—including homosexuality/lesbian
- Use of pornography—print, video
- Enjoy peep shows, topless dancers,
- Become a porn star or pimp,
- Sex offenders—male and female
If you have several of these symptoms, please get help asap!
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