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I am ancient and was secually assaulted three years ago. Fortunately, I have a background in education and I love learning brain information. The big thing I learned is that you can retrain your brain. Just like parents train a child and shape their behavior, you can do the same with your brain. I would wake up panicking at every little noise. But I would talk out loud to my brain. "Good brain. You are alert and protecting me. However it is just the cat (or the neighbor gardening at midnight or the house making a house noise...) Go back to sleep. All is well." I did that enough times, that I kind of woke up one night because the cats were making noise, and caught myself automatically thinking, "Go back to sleep. It is just the cats." I wish you well. As you heal, you will find out that you will be able to recognize and help people who have had similar experiences. No child should ever have to go through what you went through, but much good can come from what was meant for evil.