Lydia doesn't tell anyone about her ordeal.
247sexualabusesupport.org.ukAs time goes on and Lydia tries to continue working for Craig, his behaviour only makes things worse for her, making her doubt herself.
‘That’s the place where it happened, seeing the perpetrator who’s denying it even happened and her version of events,’ Karen pointed out. ‘She’s being gaslighted and that’s just compounding her day to day life and how she’s able to cope or not cope. The self doubt, the feelings of guilt, people are not going to believe her. As time progresses for Lydia that becomes worse. She’s thinking “I’ve become even less credible if I’ve left it this long.” This is all hugely incorrect. It’s all very difficult.’One of the things that bothers Lydia the most is that she didn’t fight back when the attack happened, as in her terror she froze.
‘She feels that somehow she let Craig do this and that in some way means she’s betrayed Sam. She absolutely didn’t, this was something out of her control. When it happens Lydia has a freeze response, so she doesn’t kick, scream, fight, run away. She carries a lot of guilt about that but that is a natural reaction – fight, flight, freeze, fawn – people have different responses when faced with traumatic situations. Some people will fight and some people will just shut down and freeze.
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