She then went on to disclose to the GP (having done so two weeks earlier to her husband) the sexual abuse she suffered as a child. She described how her dark secret had recently become unblocked from the recesses of her mind and kept coming to the fore. She was having flashbacks to her abuse and she would freeze and be unable to respond.
After she had talked further to the doctor, she mentioned how she had been tempted to make the disclosure the previous year when being counselled by him about sterilization, but felt she could not inflict this on her husband who was present. She had also contemplated disclosure at other appointments but had either been prevented by a very unpleasant lump in the throat or by being inhibited by the presence of her young children. Although distressed she said she felt considerably unburdened after the disclosure. The GP congratulated her on her courage in talking to him that day. After she had gone out he looked at the number of contacts they had had while she was holding onto her secret. He had personally seen her with an appointment for herself seven times and had visited her at home twice after the birth of one of her children. It had taken nine contacts for trust to develop and the time to be ripe for the disclosure.
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