Particular sexual acts engaged in by an assailant may provoke flashbacks, anxiety attacks, or dissociation and thus may be very difficult to engage in. A patient, gentle, intimate partner is helpful in your healing process. Some of these feeling are the result of society's myths about rape and sexuality. Victims know what society believes and worry about what others might think of them now. It usually means that the victim is healing and has begun to look at the assailant's responsibility for the assault.
Victims vary greatly in how readily they feel and express anger.
It may be especially difficult to express if a victim has been taught that being angry is never appropriate.