My name is Luka.

[cyrano]

And asking for information from my psychology-inclined friends about childhood abuse and its long lasting effects.

I'm working on a fictional character who was sexually abused as a child by a neighbor, and I've been poking around the net looking for descriptions of behaviors that tend to show up in adult survivors. I failed my Google fu, however, and haven't yet had much luck. Any pointers?

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[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

This is, in fact, a common result. (Often because sex is the only way they know how to appraoch a relationship, given their early upbringing; in other cases, it's because they're using sex to dull their emotions, somewhat like alcohol.)

[(Anonymous)]

Had a boyfriend ask me once if I'd been sexually abused as a child. Silly me, I took it as a compliment.