Child Sexual Abuse Aftereffects Checklist--15 more Aftereffects in 2 days
1. Fear of being alone in the dark, of sleeping alone; night terrors.
2. Swallowing and gagging sensitivity; repugnance to water on one's face; suffocation feelings.
3. Alienation from the body--not comfortable in one's own body; failure to heed body signals or take care of one's body; poor body image.
4. Gastrointestinal problems, gynecological disorders--including spontaneous vaginal infections; headaches; arthritis or joint pain.
5. Wearing a lot of clothing or baggy clothing even in the summer; extreme requirement for privacy if using the bathroom or changing clothes.
6. Eating disorders, drug or alcohol abuse; total abstinence; other addictions; compulsive behaviors.
7. Self-destructiveness; cutting, self abuse.
8. Phobias
9. Need to be invisible, perfect, or perfectively bad.
10. Suicidal thoughts, attempts, obsession.
11. Depression (sometimes paralyzing) seemingly baseless crying.
12. Anger issues
13. Splitting (depersonalization); shutdown in crisis; psychic numbing; physical pain or numbness associated with a particular memory.
14. Rigid control of one's thought process; humorlessness; extreme solemnity.
15. Trust issues.
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