Hi,

I need to stop thinking about something and I don't know how to stop. When I try to distract myself, it doesn't work. I can't smile or laugh now without my brain saying. "Don't forget about the awful thing that you can't stop thinking about - you can't escape it"

The awful thing is that I found out the person I love most was sexually abused as a child. I don't know the details of who it was or what exactly happened and I really don't want to know. The person who told me about it said she could say it because she has come to terms with it but it makes me feel physically sick when i think about someone doing that to her and her as a kid feeling so helpless. I don't know how to stop thinking about it. I'm so angry. It's really exhausting to be thinking about it several times a day and when I try to distract myself it doesn't work. Please help.