kewoody Hi I'm new here. I wondered if there are any discussions focusing on rape. I was raped a long time ago in college (28 years ago when I was 18 and a virgin). For all that time, I put it out of my mind, never told anyone and suffered in silence for a long while then thought I was "over it". All of a sudden, while doing some somatic trauma therapy, for other childhood stuff (not sexual) this rape has come up in my mind, body and spirit. I'm suffering with severe panic attacks, depression & other frightening symptoms. I have suffered with these things all of my life but assumed they were just "biological chemical imbalances" that caused my major depression and severe anxiety. It's now like i am reliving the incident over again and feeling the same exact feelings I felt when it happened so many years ago. I am on medication for depression and really do not want to add any more medication but I'm getting scared of all these flashbacks, nightmares and body memories. What do i do?
March 6