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I just wanted to post here just to say to someone that I'm feeling really bad right now.

Does it always get worse before it gets better?

Sometimes I wonder if there is even a point in talking about it.

I talked to my therapist today. We've been going into the last time I was raped. I guess we start at the end and work backwards. This one happened during the fall so it's been on my mind lately.

I felt okay while I was telling her but when I left therapy I felt sad & numb at once.

I'm feeling really bad, really extra hypervigilant & irritable and I want to be alone but I don't.

Remembering how brutal he was with me and how cruel he was and how much he took from me... remembering it, saying it out loud, makes it feel awful. I feel so ashamed and so disgusting and disgusted at once. I don't even know what I think right now.
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I get those same feelings sometimes. Someone once suggested to me to do something that I used to enjoy (i don't really enjoy much of anything these days) Maybe listen to an upbeat song that you really like or go for a walk, for me poetry helps me express what I'm feeling...sometimes even makes me feel better.
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yeah my therapist gave me the idea of writing a "happy list." things that make me feel better.

maybe i'll go play my piano for a while, or something.
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sounds like a great idea! it won't make you feel worse, it can only make you feel better.
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I usually take nice bath and nap after a draining therapy session.
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When I feel like that, taking care of myself is the #1 priority. The hurt feelings need to be comforted, now; the way they weren't completely at the time.
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