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Originally Posted by My kids are cool
I have a question while we are on this subject. I have not mentioned to the marriage counselor my husband and I anything about the sexual abuse. I do not consider it relevant. I also did not mentioned the dissociation because I do not consider it relevant, especially now when it happens so rarely and almost never around my husband. My husband brought the dissociation up because apparently he thinks it is relevant and it affects me. The MC seemed frustrated at me because I didn't "disclose" this apparently vital information earlier.
So, I guess what I'm wondering is how relevant do you think being sexually abused is in a relationship? Especially if it does not affect your sex life.
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I think this is it depends upon any number of factors. I don't consider it relevant particularly to me except to perhaps put into context some of the seemingly odd way I think or look at or feel about certain things.
For example, when I was a pd, I had no trouble with the accused child molesters as clients. I could represent them and have no different reaction to them than other clients. I had colleagues who did - not because they had the experience necessarily, but because they had children and went bat sh it thinking about their kids no matter what the underlying facts were - the mere thought sent them crazy. Probably my view of my experience kept me from reacting that strongly to it. I got teased about it (good natured generally, but it did baffle some).