I'm a 20 year old college student who has a life filled with problems. I was sexually abused as a child( at the age of 4 by a female cousin a little older than I was), I was sexually assaulted as a teen (at 15 by some random on my way home), and I've been cutting for the last 10 years almost... I've finally found someone I believe I can trust enough to talk to( a teacher from last semester), she knows about my problems, (We've talked about them once in the past) but talking to her helped that one time( and she offered to listen if I ever wanted to talk again), and I want to do it again(but I'm not quite sure what to say when talking to someone in person). I'm meeting with her tomorrow(she knows that it's because I want to talk, and it's most likely about my past), but how can I talk about these things, I want to(because talking about them helps me feel something other than numbness), and I know she's the best person with whom I can talk to because I think I trust her more than anyone else I've known... but I'm not quite sure how to talk about these things I've kept inside for all these years... any potential suggestions you have would be awesome... like on how to start the conversation, things I should definitely tell her, things I should possibly hold back on... Please someone help me!
Thanks...
*For the record I hv both a counselor and a psychiatrist that I talk to but its not the same trust level as it is with her*
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