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Alyssalu

746d

TW: Sexual Assault Hi! I was just sexually assaulted in last September and I’m worried I’m developing either hyper/hypo sexuality. I also feel as though I should be past it and over it. Any advice/words of comfort?

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    • Eluvna

      746d

      first off, i am extremely sorry you experienced this. second off, hyposexuality was one of the first trauma related symptom i experienced. it is not something you should "get over/past it", for me it took years to even fully process it, do not beat yourself up if you are not "over it" yet, as trauma is deep rooted and takes time to heal fully. be gentle with yourself during this time, embrace your sexuality but also recognize situations that you wouldn't normally put yourself in if you were not experiencing hypersexuality, and also make sure to prioritize your mental and physical health and safety over anything else. make sure to practice safe sex with people you trust during this time, and try your best to make logical choices, even if it may be difficult because of the trauma responses you are experiencing. here for you during your healing journey 💕

    • Soskae

      745d

      My sexual abuse started at 3 and I’m now 21. I’m not over it and I don’t think I will be for a while. I went through hypersexuality ever since and I’m just getting out of it in the past few months. (Big misconceptions about my worth being tied up in sex) I have had a lot of improvements in my life like being able to hug people and im not scared of all men anymore but I still get random fits of panic if I feel like im in a position where a stranger could take advantage of me. Im really sorry to hear another person is part of this alarming statistic but in my experience it’s completely normal for it to not go away in hurt a few months simply because of the nature. This definitely doesn’t have to control your life and im to the point where im completely comfortable with my fiancé who is a man that I am marrying next month. Two nights ago I had a dream it happened again and it was a hard day but overall it doesn’t affect my everyday life. Now this is all without therapy (super controlling parent) so im sure I’d be even further along with it. Hang in there and give yourself time. Regardless of what happened, how many times or who it was it’s an extremely vulnerable situation that got taken advantage of so it’s totally normal for it to stick with you for a long time. Please feel free to dm me about anything because talking about it has been really therapeutic to me.

    • MoonFairy

      745d

      Just remember it’s not your fault! You are all valid! As victims of trauma we tend to blame ourselves or think we’re over reacting, but our reactions are quite normal and reasonable, and it is not our fault! We all make mistakes, but nobody deserves sexual assault regardless of events leading up to it. I was assaulted after cuddling a man twice my age bc I was lonely and trusted him as my friend. I had no other friends my freshman year of college. Him and I hung out all the time. He had a girlfriend, & I’m a lesbian. I was so tired bc of my chronic illness, I just wanted to cuddle and sleep on him. I was so insanely tired, and when he asked to see my sports bra I shrugged and nodded. But then when he started to take off the rest of my clothes I sorta froze, asked him to stop, but wasn’t assertive. I didn’t see it as assault for the longest time bc I thought it was on me for getting into that situation. Why was I cuddling a 33 year old as an 18 year old????? But anyways, all of our experiences are very different, but know that it’s not your fault. You deserve to be treated with love and respect. Healing is a process and it takes time, but as long as your still alive and working towards something, you will heal! There’s always hope!

      • MoonFairy

        745d

        @MoonFairy Also I def recommend therapy! There is a tendency for assault victims to cycle and repeat traumatic events that they’ve gone through. But with therapy, you can become more aware of your behaviors & cycles and avoid this.

    • jezabelle

      746d

      Sexual assault was the onset of my PTSD when I was 17 and my reaction was the exact opposite shut down sexually. I am just started dating the father of mine now 25 and 23-year-old and we were in love he's actually the one that caught the guy after he had given me GHB and managed to get him off of me but it was too late I was oblivious and he was too afraid to tell me the next morning so he allowed me to sit and have coffee with the guy. Which created such a huge trust issue just so many issues I can't even describe it and that paved the way for the rest of my life up till now we used to have to make dates to have sex on the calendar I would have to force myself to do it it was that it was just absolutely agonizing I would reschedule when I knew it was getting close I was just absolutely just wanted to be completely abstinent. We ended up growing apart obviously and believe it or not I'm the one that left him because I just couldn't do it anymore I was only 23. I still think about him to this day and I regret a lot of what I did to him because he really did try to hang in there. But in the end I had not dealt with my issue I got into a relationship broken and directly after that I got into another relationship broken which broke me further that one I had to flee from and that went into this current one that I've been in for 17 years where he did nothing but cheat on me and eventually got somebody pregnant she's 3 months pregnant now and I'm filing for a divorce he says he still loves me but he doesn't live with me he lives with her but denies it. Seems like I'm the stupid one trying to hold on to something that wasn't there her husband that was absent believing that he wanted to come back to me cuz he was telling me that while living with her so why didn't I leave? Because he was doing meth and probably still is so I blamed that. He is also been extremely abusive physically and emotionally and mentally to the point where our 14 year old son got removed from the house because he picked me up at my neck in front of my brother and sister-in-law and that was the second time so they removed him and has been since adopted by my brother and sister-in-law because I refuse to leave my husband because I wanted our family to stay together or maybe it was because I didn't want to be alone I don't know but now I'm so incredibly broken I don't even know what to do where to go to talk to or even want to say if I ever got someone to talk to I guess I'm finding out right now being lthat I'm going on and on about it thanks for reading

    • Eluvna

      746d

      first off, i am extremely sorry you experienced this. second off, hyposexuality was one of the first trauma related symptom i experienced. it is not something you should "get over/past it", for me it took years to even fully process it, do not beat yourself up if you are not "over it" yet, as trauma is deep rooted and takes time to heal fully. be gentle with yourself during this time, embrace your sexuality but also recognize situations that you wouldn't normally put yourself in if you were not experiencing hypersexuality, and also make sure to prioritize your mental and physical health and safety over anything else. make sure to practice safe sex with people you trust during this time, and try your best to make logical choices, even if it may be difficult because of the trauma responses you are experiencing. here for you during your healing journey 💕

      • Alyssalu

        746d

        @Eluvna that was so beautifully written. Thank you ♡

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