Hi, I'm 18M, and on at least 2 occasions, my sister committed COCSA on me when she was 13-14, and I was 8-9. I just hate what this whole experience has turned me into: angry and misogynistic. For me, I didn't really register what happened till I was around the same age as her when she did it. I'd felt really weird about it before, but once I was around that age, I'd look at kids who were in elementary school and think I'd never do anything like that to them. Which, idk if it's because of my experience, I can say that, but overall, the thought of that disgusted me. I used to think I could ignore what happened, but it's led me to sexualize literally any interaction with a woman older than me, and it's just the most disgusting, shameful feeling ever. The majority of my teachers were women, which made it even worse; any one-on-one meeting, talk, or targeted acknowledgement felt like it was leading to the same thing. This only worsened when I hit puberty around 14; I shot up to around 6 ft, and my voice deepened heavily to the point that anytime I spoke, someone had to bring it up. This would especially happen with older women, they'd always point it out and say, "No way your 14,15,16". I genuinely hated this because I couldn't gauge whether this was a sexual advance or someone just trying to be nice and give a compliment. Now I'll look back at photos of me from that time, and I looked like a kid, I looked my age. But the worst part, something that I didn't even want to admit to myself, is that I don't hate her for the COCSA, I just hate her as a person. I hate that she's lazy, I hate that all she does is complain, I hate that she gets to behave like a child while I'm forced to work myself out of this situation. Her car, college, food literally everything is paid for by my parents, but I've had to work full-time in high school while also doing college work just so I can bring myself out of this situation. I hate myself because, deep down, I don't care that it happened to me; I don't have it in me to feel sorry for myself, and I hate that. At the same time, when I thought I'd gotten over this, one of my coworkers, around 30, pointed out my unzipped fly, then zipped it up for me. I remember going home and getting that same disgusting, shameful feeling, then hiding under my covers. It felt so emaculating to do that, but I was 18 at the time, so I can't say it was with foul intent. Deep down, I just hate that it was her, that she shows no remorse, and actively inserts herself into my life as if what she did wasn't wrong. It's like I don't feel sorry for myself I just feel anger that she doesn't. I hate this level of cognitive dissonance. I know I shouldn't sexualize these normal interactions, but it's like I can't unlearn this. What's worse is that this same coworker was just reported for being sexual with another worker around my age, now I feel like I'm going crazy. I could say I don't know what to do, but I do, and that's just to keep working till I can bring myself out of this house with her in it. But it's hard, I feel like I'll never be normal, and I'll never get that time back. I've never shared this with anyone, and I probably never will. Recently, she stole money from my room, and I feel like I'm spiraling back into an impossible situation, like I'm fighting so hard towards a life I don't even want.
Feel free to AMA, offer advice, or anything, I just needed somewhere to vent.