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        🚫&nbsp; What it means to have experienced sexual violence
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        <strong>Experiencing sexual violence meant that your body's autonomy was violated, creating a fractured relationship with intimacy, safety, and your own physical self that reverberates through every aspect of life.</strong>
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        You may have learned to disconnect from your body as a survival mechanism—freezing, dissociating, or mentally leaving during the violation. Your nervous system may have developed early warning systems that scan for potential threats others don't notice, while simultaneously creating blind spots where you might miss obvious red flags. The trauma distorted your earliest understanding of love, safety, and trust.
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        You may now find that your relationship with your body remains fractured—alternating between numbness and hypervigilance, never feeling fully at home in your own skin. Physical touch might require conscious permission even when wanted, and intimacy can trigger defensive reactions beyond your control. Your body's reactions aren't flaws; they're evidence of what you endured and the strength it took to survive.
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        💔&nbsp; The Core Wound
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        "You learned that your body isn't truly yours, that intimacy is dangerous, and that the people who should protect you can become the source of your greatest harm—leaving you disconnected from the very vessel that carries you through life."
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Tools & Learning

🚫15 Ways Sexual Violence Trauma Affects Your Relationships

Blind Spots in Plain Sight

Body That Learned to Leave

Body That Remembers What You Forgot

Going to the Opposite Extreme

Hypnotized to Believe You're Damaged Goods

Living in Fight-or-Flight

Loyal to Your Abusers

Same Dance, Different Partners

Sex as Violence

The Advocate

The Fighter

The Invisible Child

The Radar Always On

The Rescuer

The Secrets Keeper