Rape Crisis Information Pathfinder
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Rape Crisis Information Pathfinder
Please scroll down for rape crisis hotlines.
 

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This website has information on how to heal from the trauma of rape and sexual assault.  The first thing you should know if you were raped or sexually assaulted is that it was not your fault. 
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For local rape crisis centers and hotlines please click here or scroll down.  For an organized listing of websites on rape, sexual assault and how to heal click here.  You can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline, operated by RAINN, 24 hours a day at -HOPE (4673), or you can search for your local rape crisis center or hotlines.  Sometimes local hotline operators are more relaxed and have more time to talk.  Feel free to request to speak to a woman.  Message boards are recommended as a good first step if you are not ready to talk.  There is also emergency information on self injury, suicide and reaching out.  For information on ptsd, ocd, date rape drugs and other related topics click here.
 

 

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The first things you may want to look at are the emergency links. In the past I have always needed to find local rape crisis centers, phone numbers and directions in moments of crisis. You may want to book mark this page if you think you might need to find any of this information for someone else. The main feature of this site is the organized categories of web sites on rape and sexual assault. After a year of posting on message boards I had a fair idea of what questions people ask. I am able to answer many of them from the websites I have listed here (without searching all over the web every time). I hope it helps you answer some questions too.
 
Emergency links and phone numbers for crisis situations.
 
Rape crisis            1.800.656.HOPE (4673)
Self injury             1.800.DON'T.CUT (366.8288)
Suicide hotline      1.800.SUICIDE (784.2433)
 
Online resources (websites) on rape crisis and healing
 

Introduction and scope

Introduction and scope of the rape crisis information pathfinder. I created it to understand myself and begin really looking at how to face my problems with sexual assault, rape and healing.
This pathfinder is for rape victims and their loved ones who are trying to heal and seeking resources to do so. Most rape victims suffer from ptsd, ocd and eating disorders. The bulk of the information is found under online resources. The most up to date and useful sources tend to be online. The biographies are also a good source of healing and catharsis. What happens to a person in the aftermath of rape can make all the difference in the amount of post traumatic stress disorder one suffers in years to follow. Resources change quickly in a world of date rape drugs and general ignorance by the mainstream. You are not alone. The more you understand about what you are going through the more quickly the sharpness will become softer. Many other people have experienced this trauma and what they have learned can help guide you in your healing path.
This pathfinder contains information for people who live where this pathfinder was created (Chapel Hill, NC.) as well as a large number of links to online information available primarily in the U.S.

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The author is not responsible for any contents linked or referred to from his or her pages - unless s/he has full knowledge of illegal contents and would be able to prevent the visitors of his site from viewing those pages. If any damage occurs by the use of information presented there, only the author of the respective pages might be liable, not the one who has linked to these pages. Furthermore the author is not liable for any postings or messages published by users of discussion boards, guestbooks or mailinglists provided on his page.

This pathfinder created by M.M. Indigo 

INLS 111  UNC Chapel Hill INLS Graduate Student

Created March 2003

 

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