TxBadMan
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Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Moody, Texas Status: offline
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Rape is a horrible experience for anyone to have to go through, man or woman. In my experience, and after talking with those who have gone through such trauma, all I can say is that strength is something survivors have in abundance. Even those who still go through the agony on a daily basis. I had known Tikk long before she and I ever started a relationship. She is correct when she say that I was there with her after her ordeal. I continued to be a support stone for her in the years that followed. When we began our relationship, Tikk could not stop the frenzy of panic from overtaking her at the slightest caress. Through the years I had watched the 'cancer' eat at her from the inside out, and finally I decided that it was time to do something to stop it from consuming her. Yes, I did this without her knowledge, and yes, I did this without her consent. Have I ever regreted what I did? No. For HER, it was what she needed to come to terms with the pain, the humilation, the fear, and the all-consuming anger that this had caused her. Could it have backfired on me and pushed her deeper into the darkness. Absolutly and without a doubt. But I had faith in the 'strength' that I knew she had. In addition to this I spent more than a year talking with specialists about the pro's and con's of forcing such a thing on her. In the end, I followed my own instincts and decided to trust in the strength that I knew she had in her. Do I advocate such re-enactments for everyone. Absolutly not. Did we ever partake of rape scenarios again? Absolutly not. Did this 'cure' her. Absolutly not. However, it did give her a sense of control that she had never had before. Control over knowing that she was a good person; that she did deserve absolution; that it was ok to be afraid, as long as you faced that which feared you most. For Tikk, it was the losing of her own control over her own life that sucked her down; and it was the knowledge of how she reacted the first time to that loss that consumed her. Her anger, hatred, and absolute fury during the re-enactment washed away some of the darkness; though it still simmers within her to this day. Now though, she knows that it is ok to have that within her and still be a person she can be proud of. quote:
I understand. Thats why I did not say "replaced" by safe ones... because nothing relaces the bad memories. I found that I was terrified of "aspects" of the attack - such as the smell of that cologne. I'd step into an elevator and someone with that cologne would enter and for the next four floors I'd be reliving what happened. When I re-enacted mine, I asked for SPECIFIC things that had been "triggering" flashbacks for years. Your thoughts? If I may answer this Ma'am Tikk still has flashbacks. She always will. I know this, she knows this. There were time in the past years that just a word, or a certain movement from me would put her back there. I never went out of my way though to trigger such things. Her flashbacks often would have her screaming and huddling in the corner before I even realized where she had gone. I could not do that her, a second time; knowing how hard it was for her after the re-enactment. quote:
Since non-consensual rape is about power and anger It is also about hatred, ego, status, and sometimes unconcern. quote:
I was able to finally get fucking pissed off and fight the bastard (played by a wonderful, sweet, courageous, non-selfish individual who wore bruises for a week - smiles). Ma'am, lol, after ours, I had 3 broken ribs, a fractured collarbone, a busted nose, and needed 16 stitches down my face. I will say this though; never have I welcomed such fury from a woman as I did that day.
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Chris
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