The Innocence Project: The “Other” Victim
When crime happes to us and we are made the victim, people expect us to bounce right back and be the same person we were always were. Being the victim of a crime changes that. We are left looking over our shoulders and trust no one. We expect something to happen. So, how do you overcome this and how do you bounce back? Here are some tips.
The first thing is to tell those people how you feel.The whole story can be found at http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2011/09/11/crime-victims-being-kept-in-dark-115875-23413331/ Some of them don’t even know what you are going through. While they might be there for you and support you, some of them don’t know what is going on through your mind. You should go at your own pace, but while you do that, you must also try to move on.
Another thing you need to do is seek help. Sometimes you will never get past what happened to you until you talk to someone. Choosing a counselor can help as you are paying them to listen. You will find that you might start thinking that people are sick in hearing about it, but that’s not usually the case. You can find that when you seek someone professional to talk to them, you pay them and won’t feel bad. These are the two biggest things we found help because you will feel the push and you will feel like you are to blame for the things that happened if you don’t speak up.