Feeling confused about enjoying sex... maybe have some tiggers

i know many csa victims who spiraled down a sex road as way to cope/feel good/empowered and only later realized it was in fact subtle self harm dressed up as pleasure.

OP, if you ignore everything else, think about that. I don't know if what you're doing is very healthy unless it's with someone you really care about and you know that the feeling is mutual. I'm really not trying to make you feel bad, you know yourself better than some stranger on the internet. But my ex went through this exact same thing and she regretted it big time. She said she was trying to fill some sort of void but in the long run it did a lot more psychological damage than she thought. I'm a guy so I guess it's a little different, but for women who were csa victims, this is extremely common.

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