Just wondering if anyone relates...

siri

I saw something that said sexual abuse can make you start your period young. I was sexually abused a lot when I was around 5 years old. I've known for a long time that mentally I grew up fast. I've always been friends with people older than me because for years I couldn't stand immature kids and especially teens. I got my period around 10 years old and was wondering if that can actually be related to my childhood abuse. I was lost my virginity, unwillingly, at 5 years old. I raised all of my siblings for years and hadn't ever been able to relate to my middle and high school classmates. I'm now 19 and have a wonderful boyfriend and have healed to the point of being comfortable around SOME men. I still have terrible flashbacks and nightmares, so I'm used to having bad days. I just wondered if the reason I developed so young was related to being raped. I am bothered by this thought because I have always been uncomfortable in my body, but I didn't know if having my period young could be related to why it got so much worse years later, to the point where I can barely look at myself.

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