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Sharing Your Happiness

© Victoria Tallman Freudiger

Thank you for joining the RoseMeade Center for a timely, yet sensitive discussion. Often when it seems as if things are going well for us, an unexpected event can occur and life ends up changing forever. As a victim of violent acts, a person may indeed require the help of others. A fact often unheeded is that victims need inspiration and proof that their unhappiness which has been caused by trauma and/or abuse will end.

The month of April was proclaimed Sexual Assault Month. During this time, a number of rape-survivors joined together to promote awareness of this horrid violation. Sometimes simply being amongst the company of others that have gone through a similar experience can allow a person to feel the healing and happiness of those that have indeed survived the trauma of sexual assault...hope comes in all sorts of packages.

As soon as a victim decides to seek out available help, it is indeed possible that unhealthy conditions of their bodies and minds, after the attack has occurred, will indeed decrease. For some, it will completely disappear. Of course, this task requires a great deal of initiative on the part of the sexual-assault victim.

The sharing you do with a victim that they have done nothing wrong is in fact doing the best thing for them. It is a way you can share your happiness in life. In fact, often those who have been assaulted in the past are sought out as trained professionals to work with rape victims. At other times, there are special nurses and women's advocates assigned to work with the victim when s/he enters a hospital or clinic. They have all been trained to allow the sexually assaulted victim to deal with their issue as soon as they feel ready. In this way, these workers share happiness in life with someone that needs to see that a good quality life for a victim still exists. Caring shows others that there is always a chance for happiness.

Some people believe that an extremely strong person will be able to work through being victimized on their own. This is often farthest from the truth. It is also true that those less likely to deal with the rape may be more likely to show nervous symptoms. Some disorders of nervousness or anxiety turn later into hypochondria.

Unfortunately reporting of sexual assault victimization is done in such a minimal amount compared to the actual population of victims. It is obviously still very clear that the problem may be that the victim does not have the strength to report such a crime. If a victim is unable to report their assault or rape, it is very likely that they will have current and future problems as well as real and imagined illness; including, but not limited to, physical illnesses. These physical ailments are often ignored or treated as hypochondria.

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