Men who have been raped, what happened/how did you recover?

Consensual sex once with an ego maniac. Flash forward a week or two later big group of friends got pretty loaded at her place for brunch. Me, especially (I have had a drinking problem for years) eventually she guided me to her room I can remember her continuing to tell me to lay down with her and I remember being resistant to it.

A couple flashes of memory of her on top of me and the next thing I knew I woke up she was asleep and my roommate was still around, but most everyone was gone by that time. I grabbed him and said we’re getting the fuck out of here.

It took me a a few weeks to process it. After telling lots of people about it everyone shrugged it off (didn’t help that I had a reputation of being kind of an asshole already, still do to a certain extent) and ultimately no one gave a shit. Finally I just forgave her in my own kind of way and moved on from it. It doesn’t bother me much anymore.

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