Why Can't I Forget? The Emotional Legacy Of Rape Trauma

Recently a young woman came into counseling complaining of sleeplessness and anxiety. She described having an upsurge of deeply upsetting memories of a terrible incident that occurred when she was seventeen years old. She had been raped by an "acquaintance" on a date. She never told anyone what happened. She just wanted to forget it happened and go on with her life.