Trigger warning for discussion of sexual abuse but no details.




I'm trying to avoid calling my T because it makes me feel like a needy baby even though he encourages it, so I'm asking for input here. My T asked me this last week if I had "thought more about the sexual abuse?" He acknowledged I had a lot on my plate with my daughter's illness and a new business partnership that involved moving my office, and my son graduating, and a hurt horse, and ... But he said he wanted to touch base and see if I had "thought more" about the abuse since we discussed it several weeks ago. Now I'm all perplexed. I don't think about it on purpose all that much ever. WHAT was I supposed to be thinking about in reference to it? Was there something specific I'm supposed to be thinking about or trying to do that I was unaware of?

What the heck am I missing? I feel kind of stupid. Was he maybe just bringing it up to somehow make me think that it isn't shameful? He mentioned once about trying to balance between letting me bring things up in my own time and not "cooperating in a conspiracy of silence" that would cause me to think the subject really is shameful and should not be addressed.