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Many survivors of sexual assault are confused by how they acted during the assault itself.
The truth is that there is no correct response to being sexually assaulted. It is also helpful to know the common responses that our bodies and brains have to trauma. When the human brain recognizes a threat, the autonomic nervous system reacts, releasing hormones that trigger physical changes to our bodies to protect us. These reactions are usually characterized in four ways – fight, flight, freeze, and fawn:
FIGHT
FLIGHT
FREEZE
FAWN
These characterizations may help to explain why you acted the way you did. Above all, know this; you did what you knew to do in the moment. There is no judgment, blame, or shame that needs to be placed on your actions, or lack thereof, while you were being assaulted.