Sexual Abuse Support Group
Sexual abuse is a relative cultural term used to describe sexual relations and behavior between two or more parties which are considered criminally and/or morally offensive. Different types of sexual abuse involve: Non-consensual, forced physical sexual behavior such as rape, incest or sexual assault, or psychological forms of abuse, such as verbal sexual behavior or...
Sometimes I don't think i've handled the past correctly, like I don't feel the way I should about it. I don't really know how i'm supposed to be feeling, but this probably isn't it. I just don't really feel anything if I think about it, other people can panic me, but the memory doesn't concer any kind of emotion. Am I supposed to be sad? Or angry? I don't know.
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I feel so dirty and used I was drunk and passed out at a party when I came around some guy was on top of me rapeing me he covered my mouth and told me to shut up afterwards he got up and got dressed and said I better not tell anyone I found my friend and reported that I had been raped after having medical checks and them getting DNA I've taken the morning after pill IAM just so depressed and...
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Upon his departure, he remarked, "I am in many people’s pockets; no one will believe you." Have you ever grappled with the silence that follows sexual assault, where the perceived impossibility of being believed necessitates self-censorship?
Many people have said that when they first remembered being abused the memories came with no feelings attached, and the feelings came later.
In my own case, it seems it's taken a lifetime to be able to approach my real feelings instead of taking refuge in anger, or getting outraged about other people's situations but not being able to feel much about my own.
So I think your situation is not unusual.