I’m really struggling to center myself today, as I am having flashbacks to a very traumatic incident of sexual assault. I had to cancel all my obligations to, and I’ve yet to leave my bed. Flashbacks of the sights, signs, and smells make me sick to my stomach. I feel terrified and I feel worthless. It is so intensely painful to have to re-live that experience, and yet when the flashbacks occur there does not seem to be much I can do to overcome them. For the women who’ve experienced something similar, does it get better? Can I feel a since of trust and normalcy again?