How Can I Reconnect My Body & My Mind?

Dear Dr. Betty,

I am 58 years & I was sexually abused and also involved in child pornography by my parents and their siblings & their cousins. To say that I have an issue with my own sexuality is an understatement. I've been in therapy for over 20 years and am just now beginning my second attempt to find out about my own body including my clitoris and my sexual preferences.

I still have difficulty touching myself as I was punished for touching myself. I was continually told by my perpetrators what I liked when I was being abused. I didn't own my body, my perps did. It came to the point when I told myself they can have my body, but not my mind. This caused a total disconnect between mind & body which runs very deeply into my psyche.

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