Rape Support Group
If you or someone you know has been the victim of rape, this is the place to find support and get advice. If you want, discuss your experience, share your feelings, and meet others going through a similar situation.
tabby2010
totally depending on the type of rape that occurred, sometimes it is very hard for the victim to believe, really believe, that it is not somehow partly their fault. Typically victims believe they are responsible for some aspect leading up to the rape. They feel something they did or did not do, led to the rape. When this happens they almost always beat themselves up with coulda, shoulda, woulda. I CAN NOT SAY THIS ENOUGH, there is NO REASON OR NOTHING YOUVE SAID OR DONE THAT EXCUSES OR JUSTIFIES RAPE! No one action determines youve crossed the line and asked for it. The first step to recovery is ACCEPTING THAT IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT, IN ANY WAY! I I dont care what you were doing, where you were at, if you had anything to drink, if you took any drugs, even if it went to the extreme of feeling comfortable enough to get naked with the assaulter and thought you wanted to have sex, the minute you decide to refuse and they dont listen, it is rape without justification! It is NOT YOUR FAULT and it is your right to choose not to have sex. When someone crosses that line without your willingness they violated you, YOU DID NOT ASK FOR IT OR DESERVE IT!
Breona1996
That is something I need to hear today! Thanks tabby luv ya
tabby2010
your welcome Sweetie. Love you too
valgal18
i understand what you mean, but sometimes it's very hard for me to believe this....i know deep down it's not my fault, but other issues prevent me from letting go of the blame
tabby2010
Hey. sweetie its not your fault its the person that hurt you its their fault. They should have never did what they did Stop blaming yourself its not healthy don't let the person that hurt you win show them that what they did to you hurt you, but that it will not keep you from living your life
tabby2010
ou have to KNOW you are not to blame for your rape. Rape is an act of violence and control; your rapist got off on seeing you terrified. He is a coward; he is the one who is guilty and dirty, not you. No woman asks to be raped, or deserves to be raped. Rape is always the fault of the rapist. If it's not consensual, it's rape. If it's forced, it's rape. I
Myzshele
That's not what the commissioner told me when I pressed charges... They told me that because it started out consensual, it wasn't rape. And I couldn't get a conviction.
deleted_user
i accepted for a long time and thought i truly believed that what happened to me was not my fault. But now im not so sure. I guess in my healthy state i can see this. But in my heart somewhere deep down i still blame everything on myself. i struggle with this daily.
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