If you're the victim of sexual assault: Feel however you wanna feel. If you feel bad, then that's valid. If you don't feel bad, that's also valid. It might be traumatic for you, might not be. Don't feel pressured to feel ok or bad if you don't feel ok or bad.
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One of the most important theory of mind concepts is not everyone has the same subjective experience in the same objective situations. Also everyone deals with trauma differently. Feeling bad is one of many coping tools. I mean there are people who enjoy sky diving & horror films
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I've been sexually assaulted multiple times and never felt bad. Some people just don't feel bad and we shouldn't insist that they do.
Of course, often people do feel bad, and we should assure them their feelings are valid.
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That's an important idea. Embrace the liberty to feel however you want about your experiences. If it hurt you, don't repress your hurt.