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Re: Flashbacks of Rape (help) -
March 4th 2011, 06:06 AM
do you know what triggers them? At first I found it helpful to not go into the room where it happened, but then when friends came over, movie nights were a problem. what really helped the flashbacks for me to go away though, was changing the place in my house where it happened, hanging up posters, getting a different couch, getting a rug to cover up the color of the carpet, moving furniture around in the room or switching it to a new room so it looks like a completely different place. I no longer see it as the place of my rape, but as a family room.
the only time I think about it now is when I intentionally get myself to, and I don't do it very often, but when I do, it is a very frightening feeling.
of course, at first, since I was so young when it happened (8 years old), it was easier for me to block it out.
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