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.
Hey so I am new to this group it happened two weeks ago. It’s so hard to say or even type out the word but I was Raped.
I am going back work tomorrow and I’m terrified. I don’t know all of the things that I’m terrified about but I do know I’m terrified of the unknown terrified of not be able to function I’m a preschool teacher and loved my job but now I just want To disappear and sleep all day I don’t get much sleep at night maybe one or two hours. Three or four if I’m lucky. I don’t know what I’m asking advice or or if I’m just letting things out but has anybody else going through this Fear of going back to work After they were raped ? I just want my life back
I know this is scary but for me it was worse when I wasn't around the one place I could still act like nothing happened and escape my own mind, escape the images and flashbacks. I was able to hide underneath their normal and busy until I was alone again.
Let me assure you of 1 thing... IT DOES GET EASIER. You'll never forget but you'll learn to manage, to beat the hollow feeling. The lost person staring back at you in the mirror will find her way back. Don't rush the healing process, you survived a terrible terrible experience.
Wishing you the best!