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After seeing therapist for 6 months and still dealing with anxiety and depression.

by Beabun, Dec 30, 2008 02:34PM
My therapist and I are trying to understand why I don't like to hug family or friends, or actually even touching someone else, including family. Within the past few years, I've started hugging my father since he had a stroke but he seems so needy now and he's the one who initiates the hug. Hugging does make me feel very uncomfortable.  Therapist is asking why I have dislike towards myself.  My family never hugged each other as we were growing up, very little emotion was displayed in my family, but we were a close family, just never showed to each other how much we cared.  Therapist recently asked me about sexual abuse.  She just noted that I never mentioned anything about it.  I said sexual abuse never happened.  My question is this.  While about 10-12 years old, a neighbor girl and I played a game called doctor.  She was 1-2 years older than I.  It involved taking clothes off but never went further than that.  I don't recall anything else except removing clothes.  It was just her and I.  Could this at all be related to sexual abuse in some odd way and be partly responsible for me not wanting to hug or touch?  I am married, seldom hug my husband, but we have had a good sex life until we've gotten older.  I'm 54 now.
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by Beabun, Dec 30, 2008 02:41PM
In addition to my post above about sexual abuse, is this something that should be brought back to the attention of my therapist, or was it just innocent play between two girls and should I leave it alone and forget about it?
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