Signs & Symptoms of Incestuous Abuse


If you or a survivor you know is experiencing any of the following symptoms, the cause may be because of incestuous abuse in either an infant, child, or adult. Working through your issues is necessary to alleviate these symptoms; however, certain symptoms will also need other actions (for example: doctor's care).



  • Alcoholism and/or drug addiction
  • Self-mutilation, cutting, hitting, burning oneself
  • Sections of time blocked out...lost days or years
  • Sliding or multiple personality
  • Antisocial or extremely aggressive behavior
  • Promiscuity or prostitution
  • Extreme confusion and disorientation
  • Migraines
  • "Seeing things" inside/outside the body or in the mind
  • Hearing "voices" in the head or body
  • Bedwetting
  • Extreme or long lasting depression
  • Outbursts of unreasonable, violent rage
  • Repressed tears or screaming
  • Running away from home
  • Fainting
  • Hyperactivity
  • Punishing attitude toward self and others
  • Intense dislike/distrust of authority figures
  • Terror of pelvic or rectal examinations
  • Significant drop in school grades
  • Excessive fear/dislike of being touched
  • Sudden personality changes
  • Obesity, compulsive overeating, anorexia,bulimia
  • Epilepsy seizures, with or without organic evidence
  • Seductive dress and/or behavior
  • Claustrophobia and all other phobias
  • Excessive jealousy, possessiveness
  • Difficulty in concentrating/listening
  • Learning disabilities
  • Fearful of any kinds of doors opened or closed
  • Damage to the rectal, vaginal, or oral areas
  • Suicide attempts or ideation
  • Nightmares and sleep disturbances
  • Drastic revenge fantasy
  • Stop in ovulation and/or genital development
  • Psychic numbing, flatness of affect, emotional
  • Constriction or blunting
  • Having been battered or a batterer
  • Over-excelling at school/job
  • Withdrawal from earlier activities/friends
  • Sexual acting out in children and adolescents
  • Mistrust of their own reality
  • Extreme hate/fear of men/women
  • Feelings of hopelessness/despair
  • Feelings of contempt and self-loathing
  • Frequent and repeated bathing/scrubbing of genitals
  • Numbness in some areas or the skin,especially the genitals
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Frequent and long term escapes into fantasy
  • A tendency to pick abusive relationships



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