Do you have fears of being re-victimized? Have you been re-victimized in any way? Talk about any thoughts you have in relation to “re-victimization”.
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New York support group for people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) / Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
I think I’d have to strongly believe I’d been victimized in the first place, in order to even think about RE-victimization. I’m still working on the having been victimized part – so I pretty much don’t even relate to this question. It’s too far away from me.
I do know sex stirs up issues/images. And I cry sometimes in it. I also know I compulsively do things that could lead to victimization – like walking around at night. These things and others have contributed to me recognizing that I must have been victimized in the first place. And if I have been victimized, then maybe some of this actually WOULD be re-victimizing types of things.
i don’t know that i think at the time that things are fears of re-victimization, but i know i have strong negative reactions when situations now start to mirror situations from the past, even when i don’t clearly remember the situation in the past.
there are parts who completely freak out when i start to get close to other people, or to be even a tiny bit more vulnerable with them. so i guess that’s tied to fears of being re-victimized, since there isn’t another good explanation for it.