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#358942 - 04/07/11 09:20 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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I've got to admit that I've wondered that myself from time to time Robbie - don't know the answer though...
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#358961 - 04/08/11 12:31 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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I've also wondered about this matter. In my case puberty didn't ensue until 14 1/2 years of age, which was kind of late. But boys in those days all matured later than boys today. Not only did I reach puberty later than a lot of my peers, but even the eruption of my teeth was slowed or stopped. Tooth eruption is almost a standard indication of chronological age. The baby teeth are lost and the new adult teeth erupt in their place. My cuspid teeth (the ones with the point) failed to erupt as normal and the baby cuspid teeth had to be surgically removed. They would normally come in at about 12 years of age, the age at which I received horrific abuse. http://www.secretofthieves.com/tooth-chart/tooth-chart-eruption.pdfI think I was also a bit shorter than many of my peers of the same age. Allen
Edited by pufferfish (04/08/11 02:13 PM)
Edit Reason: clarification of tooth eruption
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#359051 - 04/08/11 08:49 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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This may tip the scale the other way a bit but I wondered as a kid if the abuse me to experience an earlier than usual onset of puberty...
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#359059 - 04/08/11 09:49 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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This may tip the scale the other way a bit but I wondered as a kid if the abuse me to experience an earlier than usual onset of puberty... That's why it's so puzzling. I've talked this subject over with my T and he says that abuse often causes earlier sexual maturation. In either case it means that abuse not only messes with our brain but with our glandular (endocrine) system. (I have posted on effects on the brain previously, citing a scientific article). However, if it either speeds up or slows down sexual maturation, either way, that means that the abuse messes with our endocrine system (our glands). Not just our sex glands and associated glands, but it must mess with the pituitary gland (hypophysis). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_glandAllen
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#359060 - 04/08/11 09:53 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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The scary part is that late-onset keeps the targeted victim attractive to the pervs.
I hear ya there Robbie... - I was very late to have any hair or size growth down there - a fact that my uncle made sure to mention regularly (heck, kids in the gym showers teased me about it too)
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#359068 - 04/08/11 10:58 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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For me puberty development involved oversexualized thoughts running through my head constantly. I still have OCD sexual thoughts. I know that is part of my problem and really does inhibit my recovery. I realize when I am around other guys, not all guys that I get these urges or feelings or thoughts that I need to be sexual with them. I guess my brain synapses have developed this shit. Now I need to unbreak these and figure out what it is I really want sexually.
God all these memories you guys are sharing, your writing the shit from my book as well. So fucked up, really fucked up.
Charlie.
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#359072 - 04/09/11 12:04 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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OK - There is an excellent article on PTSD in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTSDIt says:
most people with PTSD also show a low secretion of cortisol and high secretion of catecholamines in urine, with a norepinephrine/cortisol ratio consequently higher than comparable non-diagnosed individuals.[19] This is in contrast to the normative fight-or-flight response, in which both catecholamine and cortisol levels are elevated after exposure to a stressor.[20]
Brain catecholamine levels are low,[21] and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) concentrations are high.[22][23] Together, these findings suggest abnormality in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
Given the strong cortisol suppression to dexamethasone in PTSD, HPA axis abnormalities are likely predicated on strong negative feedback inhibition of cortisol, itself likely due to an increased sensitivity of glucocorticoid receptors.[24] Some researchers have associated the response to stress in PTSD with long-term exposure to high levels of norepinephrine and low levels of cortisol, a pattern associated with improved learning in animals
So what this means in plain English is, YES, abuse does affect the function of the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is the master control gland in the body. It secretes, among other things, Growth Hormone. So messing with it would affect the rate of development. Allen
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#359073 - 04/09/11 12:15 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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So what this means in plain English is, YES, abuse does affect the function of the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is the master control gland in the body. It secretes, among other things, Growth Hormone. So messing with it would affect the rate of development.
Oh grand! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I was delayed till 15.5 yet I was a horny-horror from 8-on. I was having very intense wet dreams from 8-on too. Compulsive MB from 8-on. So they made into a true freakazoid.
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#359156 - 04/09/11 05:30 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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Interesting thread. All my brothers matured at an earlier age than me (15.5, too). They all, even now, have more body and facial hair than I do. This contributed to lots more insecurity and self-doubt. This is very interesting to me.
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#369988 - 09/12/11 05:54 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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Just noticed this thread. I weighed 56 lbs when I started highschool.  68 lbs as a sophomore.  For scale, my mom is a tiny bit under five feet tall. My testicles didn't drop and I never sprouted a pubic hair until after I turned 17 (the summer after my junior year). I had assumed this was primarily because of having my testicles bitten or crushed much of the time my CSA was going on (3 months after I turned 4 to 1 month before my 11th birthday) and to the asphyxiation from the ones who were into that. ~ Ed ~
Edited by MrEdd (09/12/11 06:06 PM)
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#380326 - 12/21/11 03:58 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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Same here. Why is it that every male,I meer, I feel they expect me to blow them?
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#427468 - 03/08/13 09:24 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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I read a manga recently that reminded me of this thread  The Friendly Winter Sort of wistful yet hopeful.
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#427480 - 03/08/13 11:02 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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Why is it that every male,I meet, I feel they expect me to blow them? This is PTSD. You can be helped a lot with this by discussing it with a good therapist. The military has made progress in learning how to help a guy who has returned from a war-zone with PTSD. His PTSD might consist of mentally re-enacting a the trauma of being in a military vehicle and driving over a mine. Maybe he sees things that register on his brain as strong trauma. He relives it over and over. The same kind of process happens to us who are victims of sexual trauma. It gets "stamped" in our brain and we relive it over and over. We "read" it into the actions of others. When we are in situations that suggest our original trauma, then it triggers the whole sequence of emotions over and over again. We want it to stop but we often need outside help. I'm waiting for the knowledge gained from the military studies to be transferred to helping those who acquired PTSD from sexual trauma. Puffer
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#431721 - 04/19/13 12:12 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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Thank you for those responses. I am convinced that early abuse of me had a strongly negative affect on my hormones, etc. I am getting a shot of testosterone (testosterone cypionate) once per month. It seems somewhat short of satisfactory. For the week after the shot I go through puberty again (this is an exaggeration but not much). Then by the time of the next shot I've returned to senility (again I'm exaggerating). But I've noticed a positive and beneficial effect. Before the shots, my skin was developing little skin wrinkles as my body used it's own muscle mass. Now that has stopped and the muscle mass has apprently stopped decreasting. I continue with the thyroid pills everyday (levothyroxine). It is slow and laborious but I think it is turning the situation around. I never did have a lot of body hair except scalp hair. My arms have less than when I was in high school. Puffer http://www.drugs.com/pro/testosterone-cypionate.html
Edited by pufferfish (04/19/13 12:18 AM)
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#431783 - 04/19/13 04:22 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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This was noticed in writings from Ancient Rome, where the slave boys that got used that way the most would usually turn out to be the last to grow facial / body hair.
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#431788 - 04/19/13 04:58 PM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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This was noticed in writings from Ancient Rome, where the slave boys that got used that way the most would usually turn out to be the last to grow facial / body hair. SS That's extremely interesting. Do you have a reference on that? signed, slave boy aka Puffer
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#432144 - 04/23/13 07:45 AM
Re: Late Onset of Puberty
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This may tip the scale the other way a bit but I wondered as a kid if the abuse me to experience an earlier than usual onset of puberty... That's why it's so puzzling. I've talked this subject over with my T and he says that abuse often causes earlier sexual maturation. In either case it means that abuse not only messes with our brain but with our glandular (endocrine) system. (I have posted on effects on the brain previously, citing a scientific article). However, if it either speeds up or slows down sexual maturation, either way, that means that the abuse messes with our endocrine system (our glands). Not just our sex glands and associated glands, but it must mess with the pituitary gland (hypophysis). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_glandAllen i can't remember where i read it - but yes - i have seen articles that say that CSA can cause either extreme - later or earlier puberty. for me, it was much earlier - and that also attracted unwanted attention from the wrong people. i don't think it is too surprising that it can cause both extremes - after all, it messes with the body's timing - which can go either way. in the same way, the after-effects of CSA can include either hypersexuality - or sexual anorexia. again - both extremes. once the balance is upset - wild variations are not too surprising. Lee
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