And yeah that is indeed a normal response, not even just to sexual assault. I don't like being touched by other people in general,...... When I don't expect it to happen freezing is up is usually what happens to me
@BESW oh.... I had assumed this had more to do with having no avenue for promotion. This makes all the more sense now
i'm recalling that psychologically there's an instinctual fight/fright/flight response, and mentzer seemed to be under the impression only the first one of the three exists
It's gutting to read this.
(Guaranteed: it's far more gutting to live through it)
As pointed out: this is a culture-wide problem.
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