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ASK DR LOUISE

I THINK I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A CHILD

Q Recently my boyfriend and I watched a movie in which the main actress was sexually abused by her father when she was a child. My reaction to this scene and the emotional hurt of the actress was so astounding that I am now afraid the story in the movie is in fact an echo of my own story.

I have been afraid of men since my teenage years, and I’ve never been able explain this to myself as I can’t remember a man ever

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