Effects of Sexual Assault and Rape

Survivors may face extremely difficult and painful emotions and experiences after sexual assault and rape. Each survivor reacts to the trauma event in his own way. After sexual assault and rape, the effects of trauma can be short-term or long-term.

This page explains the impact often encountered by survivors, but that is not exhaustive. This does not mean that what is happening is not sexual abuse or sexual assault if the survivor 's response does not satisfy the usual reaction (eg no physical harm). Nobody has recovered alone. Resources useful for recovering recovery path

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) including flashback, nightmares, severe anxiety and uncontrollable ideas

Long-term sadness, despair, unexplained cry, weight loss or increase, loss of energy, depression including interest in previously enjoyed activities

Suicide ideation or attempt. If you or someone you know has suicidal tendency please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800.273.8255

Something that you can not concentrate on work or school, things you do not feel in daily life

Survivors may encounter other conditions after being sexually assaulted or raped. Survivors have a negative outlook and feel "damaged" or they may not deserve a better life. Abuse of drugs and alcohol also serves as a way to cope with overwhelming feelings. Women's menstrual cycle and fertility may also be a problem. In addition, survivors may encounter the following things.

Short-term psychological damage of the victim includes fear, helplessness, sorrow, disorientation, isolation, vulnerability and despair. If not treated, the psychological effects of sexual assault and rape will be devastating and sometimes fatal. Causes of death from sexual violence include suicide and murder. The murder of victims of sexual assault and rape may have been done by rapists or as part of the honor of the victim's family. Long-term psychological harm includes depression, anxiety disorder (including post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS)), multiple physical symptoms, flashback, persistent trauma, chronic insomnia, self hate, nightmares, paranoia , Intimate relationship reconstruction difficulties, and so on. Shame, disgust, anger and persistent fear

• Sexual Damage - Any sexual assault, including legal crimes, sexual assault, attempted rape, attempted rape, sexual assault on known adults, sexual assault on adults, sexual assault from colleagues, Sexual behavior is revealed by blinking, gay behavior, adult flash, sexual assault, sexual harassment, internet sexual intercourse etc There are various restrictions on this research and it is difficult to fully detect the extent to which a child is exposed to violence. Families who are unable to find cooperation with children at their own or at their own home or who can not refuse to cooperate may have inconsistent levels of contact with their families compared to their cooperating families maybe. For many reasons, children may not be able to disclose all exposures, and parents may not know that all children are exposed to violence.

Assault, homosexual violence, rape, flash or sexual exposure, oral sexual harassment, and statutory rape. Witnessing and reciprocity includes indirect and alternative series of exposures. These people are witnessing domestic violence, watching parents attacking their brothers, witnessing weapons-based attacks (and no), killing families and friends, killing crimes , Random shooting, and contact with war and ethnic conflict. DVS shows that 71% of children were damaged in some way last year. In particular, some forms of damage related to attacks and bullying are very common, and these forms occur in about half of children of different ages. Overall, DVS provides important lessons about the need for multiple criminal measures.