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.

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talking about it

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today and lately my therapist and i have slowly been working on talking about my most recent rape.

it is so hard. it leaves me feeling kind of relieved afterward, but kind of pissed off, too.

how do you all feel when you talk about it? CAN you even?

it is so hard for me. i keep talking around it, but not directly about it.
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I'm just starting to talk about it with my therapist and yes its hard but it helps me.I get pissed and a bit embarrsed though.I think its a good idea to take it slow and also talk about other things when it gets too painful.
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When I told my partner he said I had no emotion in my voice. He said my face went blank and I sounded like I was reading it off a piece of paper that I'd never seen before.

It's still hard to talk to him about it, and afterwards I'm left feeling very messed up, but it does help.

Kathryn's right, take it slow, talk as mucch as you feel comfortable but don't push yourself.
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I too always talked around it. I never have even said "I was raped" outloud. I recently wrote a journal entry in which i told my first rape story. Thats the first time ive ever done that, and it felt good, but i was pissed off too. not at the rapist,but at the person who said I told you so afterward. It took me 4 years to write it down. I agree with what the group says, take it as slow as you need to.
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thanks, everyone, for replying.

you are all right about taking it slow, which my therapist is giving me all the time that I need to do. thank goodness.

i talk about the immediate aftermath. she says we're working our way toward the beginning from the end. it's so hard, getting there.
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