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Attempted date rape/self esteem
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I haven't really talked about it much on here but basically last summer while abroad I was the subject of what I'm pretty certain was an attempted date rape. Luckily I managed to get away before anything too serious happened and I was a bit shaken for a while but didn't think it had affected me too much. But I've realised whilst I'm not constantly looking over my shoulder and paranoid every other man is going to try and hurt me, my self esteem has taken a nose dive. And another incident of unwillingly being used for sex just a few months later hasn't helped matters either. Anyway, it's been a while since I've sought help for mental health issues and I didn't have a totally positive experience last time either, but I think I could do with seeing someone to try and get out of my negative patterns of thinking and try and get over this properly - because it's obiously affected me more than I thought it would. But I have no idea who to go to, I'd feel a bit silly going and talking to my GP solely for this.
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Particularly through university or a charity like victim support.
Try looking for someone like Mind in your local area and seeing what they can offer, same with Victim Support. A lot of it depends on local resources really. TheSite's local advice finder was pretty good for me in the past (it's under Need Help Now on the Community front page, just put the post code of where you're living / will live after uni).
^^^^^^ this :yes:
So sorry you've had to carry this, it certainly isn't something you should feel silly about taking to the gp *hug*
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