A woman I know has just told me she was raped about 15 years ago! she was sitting at her desk looking very tearful and I asked her what was wrong and she burst into tears and I took her to my office and listened. A family friend raped her when she was very weak and vulnerable, having just come out of hospital and after being on a life support machine. He wasstaying at their house and had taken the kids to school and had retuned to the house and he raped her. She hasnt been able to tell her H. the only people who know are a friend of hers, her therapist, her doctor and now ME. I feel so sorry for her and didnt really know what to say to her. I blubbed on about therapy which shes been having for years for it and asked her if maybe now she could find it in herself to speak to her H, so that she was getting a little more support, but she fears that he will try to harm this man. I didnt know what to say or do, I felt completely useless. Just wondered if anyone has any suggestions how I can help her. Shes not a close friend or anything, just a work colleague, but people at work tend to come to me with their troubles! Im so shocked, what an awful thing to be living with.
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