Thanks to all of you for taking time to respond to my post. I realize that what my uncle did to me is wrong. I wouldn't want what happened to me to happen to anyone else but I've forgiven my uncle and am ready to move on with my life. I choose not to view myself as a victim. My anxiety has decreased dramatically since starting therapy in Oct and I just want to live the life of a normal college student.
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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
You can let it go and never say anything. But, I sure would go out of my way to protect any other potential victim from my uncle.
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How would I go about making sure that my uncle never does this to anyone else? Get my T to report him? My uncle doesn't have any children of his own, doesn't work with or volunteer with children. No one is in imminent danger but I wouldn't want him to do what he did to me to anyone else.
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Originally Posted by Hobbit House
Yes it's abuse... It needs to be addressed. No such thing as being a little bit abused!
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I feel like I'm addressing it in therapy. What steps do you think I need to take next? T never pushes the topic so I feel like it's up to me where we go from here.
I don't think that it would be beneficial for me to tell my family about this. I'm not sure what good that would do. I don't think it would make me feel better. I'm positive if I told that my dad would confront my uncle and be angry at him for what he did to me so the only thing that would come from me telling is straining their relationship. I don't want it to be my fault that my dad cut his brother out of his life because I couldn't imagine not having my older brothers in my life.