I live in fear that I am going to be assaulted again and don’t know what I can do to stop it.
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have you ever attempted a social support group for Survivors of assault it might help build back your confidence and know u are not alone
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Thats quite a lot. What do you think causes this frequency. Do you live in quite a rough area?
Have you ever considered taking up judo or something?
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If you need someone to talk to or express more openly you can always private message me on the forum. No one needs/live in fear.
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I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been assaulted, and several times at that.
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I’ve been abused, in the past, with rape and molestation. Different people at different times.
It took me a long time to start to heal. Talking about it, over and over and over, really helped. Crying helped, over time.
Another thing that really helped was EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with my therapist. He would set up a light bar (see picture below) in front of me. He would bring up a specific detail of my trauma, he would tell me to focus on how it makes/made me feel, and I would watch the light go back and forth on the light bar, for like 30 seconds or so.
And we would just keep talking about what happened, but he’d have me stop sometimes to watch the light move.
I don’t understand how it works, but it seems to have helped me. I can now talk about my trauma without breaking down. For a while, several years ago, I was afraid of leaving the house. But I am doing so much better now.
Anyway, just thought I’d share in case this would help you. I hope you can start to heal soon. 
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The average person doesn’t get assaulted that much. I’m not saying it’s your fault that you got assaulted but are you hanging around violent people or living or going into bad neighborhoods? I got assaulted and robbed several times because I was using drugs and hanging out with the wrong people and going into bad places. I quit drugs in 1990 and haven’t been assaulted since then. Did drugs or alcohol play a part in your being assaulted?
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Is it by a family member?
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Assault is a very general term. There are many different types. It would be helpful for more specifics.
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They tried this on me in my teens, and it would send me into a panic attack. I hate that thing.
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