I'm coming up on the 1 year anniversary of my sexual assault in a few weeks and so many things st...
I understand and feel like I can relate to a lot of what you said.
Anniversaries are difficult; right now I’m struggling with the ticking months that go by edging closer to the first year mark but
@Rain is right.
Self-care is so so important in times like that. We can’t help how feel and how we’ve been connected to a certain date; maybe we’ll never be able to or maybe one day we won’t recognise when it comes by. But for right now, when it feels so eminent, the most important thing is looking after you. Practising self-care like baths or meditating, watching something comforting, listening to music, cooking, getting of the house, being somewhere you feel safe, talking or being someone you trust, just doing something you love.
Don’t ever feel alone, because even if people in your life don’t understand, the people here do, I do. I think it’s hard for people sometimes realising how long it can take to heal, that that in itself is a journey, and not an easy one. But I learnt yesterday to stop feeling so pressured by time because you’re entitled to take as long as you want through recovery. There’s no judgement here.
Most of all, just take things easy, don’t be so hard on yourself. A year can feel daunting, but you also need to recognise that you made it here, against everything, and all the shit we’ve been through. And that should mean something and you should be proud. And you should treat yourself, because you deserve that more than anything else.
