My girlfriend of 6 months told me a month ago that she was sexually abused by her ex. I won’t go into details but he basically forced her to have sex when she didn’t want to. She has night terrors about it regularly. He’s been successful since they broke things off, and she said it’s not fair that he hurt her and just moved on without remorse. She recently saw him at her place of work (waitress) and immediately told me about it and that she avoided him the rest of the night. I was out of town though.

We talked about it and I think she is being honest. I’ve been comforting of her situation but also display that I don’t need the baggage or to be an emotional punching bag. I have her phone passcode, location, she cooks, cleans, publicly displays our relationship, sex pretty much anytime, is conservative, etc.

How can I proceed and help her? And be sure she isn’t emotionally manipulating me?