Sexual abuse is any unwanted exposure, at any age, to sexual experiences through:
 
  1. •  Sexual jokes or comments
  2. •  Pornographic pictures
  3. •  Witnessing sexual exposure or actions
  4. •  Inappropriate touch and fondling
  5. •  Sexualized kissing, hugging and tickling
  6. •  Oral sex
  7. •  Intercourse or any other penetration
  8. •  Any other sexual behaviors to which both persons are not consenting
 
 
Sexual abuse can be identified as sexual trauma when the psychological and physiological consequences include:
 
  1. •  Overwhelming emotion
  2. •  Intense fear
  3. •  Feelings of utter helplessness
  4. •  Hypervigilance
  5. •  Intrusive imagery and flashbacks
  6. •  Dissociation
  7. •  Reduced ability to deal with stress
  8. •  Sleep disturbances
  9. •  Patterns of reenactment
  10. •  Chronic pain syndromes
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