after i was raped i sat in my room and cried.....i had to stop the bloody nose...after that i took a 3 hour shower......i couldn't get the feeling of dirty out of my mind....but YOU ARE NOT DIRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you may feel like that, but you're not......you can meditate or put on soothing music and breathe in and out and when you breathe out imagine that you're breathing out those dirty thoughts and breathing out those dirty feelings.....

I agree with val's suggestion. I too get these feelings and they are absolutely horrible! I wish I could offer you more advice. But try to remember that you are NOT dirty, no matter how much you may feel like it, you are not.

I totally agree with what Val's saying. I feel the same way at times and they are not a good feeling. You are NOT dirty at all.

I keep reminding myself that the predator is the dirty one who took advantage of my vulnerabilities. Rapists are dirty monsters! Shame on them!

I didn't go through that (but every person deals wth this differently). But you are NOT dirty, and it wasn't your fault.

hey girl. i still feel dirty. it has been 1.5 years and so i have learned to overcome it, but i am still dirty. i cant stop feeling it but i am overcoming it.
dont know it that helps? that i feel that way too

I totally agree with the other replies. This was not your fault, and you're not dirty.

Counselling and talking with people you trust can help.

As survivors we are witnesses and not just victims.

I felt dirty from the rape, but not because I was in fact dirty. Rather I understood it this way: there are some things we hold to be deeply precious, valuable and sacred. When someone acts in a way that totally despises that preciousness, we feel an overwhelmingly awful feeling of disgust and grief that can only be summed up in the words "dirty" or "profane".

What happened to you was such a violation. It turned what ought to be upside down and inside out. Something very very precious (you) was treated as if it were of no worth at all. No wonder you feel that awful feeling. Not because you are awful, but because you witnessed something awful and horrid.

Look beneath it though, and I promise you will find your own inner belief in yourself, your own precious worth.

The rapist did something profane but you don't have to buy his version of the world. You matter. Your take on the world counts. You are beautiful and worthy - not dirty. Not one little teensy bit dirty.

thank you guys soo much for the replies. i always just want to rip off my skin. it's such an annoying feeling to have