Physical pleasure against your child's will

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Physical pleasure against your child's will

When a child has been sexually abused, there can be a lot of really confusing feelings that they are having. Children inherently know that it's wrong, that it feels wrong, that something is happening that's not okay, although from a strictly physical sense, there may be things that are done that actually kind of feel good, so it can be difficult because there is a part of it that may physically feel okay, but they know that this isn't okay, and the rest of it just doesn't feel right, so it is very confusing for a child. Often times it's that confusion that may delay their being able to disclose what's happening, it's also that confusion that can cause further issues in the future when they start looking back, or remembering what happened, again, which is why it's important just for families to be supportive and why it's important for children to receive the mental health services that they need to be able to get involved in really a trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy to be able to process all of these things that are going on and all of these difficult varying feelings that they're having.



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Director of the Audrey Hepburn CARES Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles


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