Hi o'quinn

any type of abuse is traumatic, it's a violation of you, there is no type of abuse that is okay, or less truamatic than any other, abuse is abuse and it effects a person.

There is nothing wrong or dirty about you, and I'm so very sorry your parents reacted like that years ago. You did NOTHING wrong, your cousin did.

Therapy is an important part in recovering, it's hard and uncomfterable at times, but the after effects of abuse leaves so many emotions and such that one needs a guider through that tangle of emotions.

As for having PTSD, I can't diagnoise that, only a mental health care professional can, but having the symptoms or having PTSD is not uncommon for anyone that has been through a trumatic experience such as abuse.

If you need to talk feel free to pm me anytime

sending best wishes to you hun on your journey
Typo