Does anyone feel like you don’t have permission to claim you were abused cause it’s not as bad as it could be?

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I was SA by peers not an adult. It happened throughout my entire youth till I was 11.
The peers who did this to me were SA by adults.
I compare all the horrible things they went through to what they did to me, and feel that it is not bad enough to be allowed to claim that I was abused. My therapist says “Nah yo, what you went through was straight abuse that doesn’t matter.” But I feel like it does and that even though it’s made me all kinds of stressed out and panicky and hyper vigilant. Somehow I am not allowed to complain.

Idk
Does anyone else struggle with that?
Has anyone over come this or have any tips?

Posted Aug 12, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC

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