Triggering: Update.

[askingcolie]

About three weeks ago, I was raped by a boy who claimed to be my friend and who claimed to love me.
Since the, I have told my boyfriend and a few close friends. However, nothing seems to ease my pain.
Before this happened, I had been struggling with an addiction with cutting, but was sober from it. This has triggered me to want to start again. I had also been diagnosed with ulcers. They had since, not been as much of a nuisance. But they are acting up again and i feel the urge to throw up everything I eat or drink anything. I had migraines and severe headaches daily. I stay up until two a.m. checking the house and waiting for him to come for me until I can no longer force myself awake. When I'm asleep, i have nightmares. I have flashbacks and when people come up behind me I scream.
I am also late for my period.
I have no clue what to do, any advice is welcome.

[purplekc95]

You should go see a counselour about this hun. You're still shooken up and you need a lil help . I'm here if ya need to talk <3

[Kira-Kira]

well i was raped once and its not easy thing to get over at all and u should see a couselor i regret not seeing one and u just need to get it out good luck feel free to pm me alright

[CherryxPie]

Hello honey,

First of all I agree with the previous people, seeing a counsellor or a professional will help you to open up about your deep down feelings and can help you on the way to feeling stronger. How much have you talked about it with your friends/boyfriend? I have two very amazing friends that as soon as something crops up and I start to get upset I can text them or something an they'll come round and give me and hug and talk about it. I find that having them there helps me realise I'm not alone and people do care.

I get lots of nightmares as well but I found that as soon as I started to talk about what happened more, in detail, with someone, they gradually got better. Also as soon as you start to tackle your fears, your health problems will go away. Stress is linked directly with ulcers and cause a variety of horrible things, including missing periods.

However, did you get emergency protection after being raped? Are you on the pill or have the implant etc? Also stress can cause missing periods it would be the best idea to get a pregnancy test right away. I don't know about where you live but in the UK they are free from your doctor or a sexual health nurse.

I wish you the best of luck sweetie, I am so sorry that you have to go through this. Please please feel free to pm me or anyone else on here anytime if you want a chat or more advice or just want to talk about what happened. xx

[Concrete Angel]

Hi Nikki,
The others are right. Alot of the the things you feel physically, are triggered because of your mental stat, because you're so shook up from what happened.
Your state of mind is intricately woven into your physical state.

You need to talk to someone so that you get however you feel out of you. That eases pain to an extent, and if you have the support of your friends/boyfriend, and talking to them about everything you feel about will help alot.
It will take a long time to get over what happened, there's no mistaking that,but the pain can still be eased so that you can live with it, and till it goes it won't affect you as much as it could.

If you need to talk or anything, pm/vm me, yeah?
Take care <3