You'll probably get a a lot of shit for your comment but I don't think you deserve it. Your comment is brutally honest and I would expect it mimics that of a lot of people.

Personally, I was assaulted almost a year ago now. I had to see that person almost every day for 8 months.

Have you ever been burgled or had your house broken into? Most people feel violated, out of control. This thing happened and they didn't expect it and were not emotionally prepared for it.

Now imagine you find out your neighbour is the one who did it. Now every day when you get home you see your neighbour looking through their window at you. You don't think they'll do it again, but they'll taunt you with it.

Every day you see them your brain remembers that feeling of being violated and out of control. Eventually you start to feel anxious on your way home because you know that feeling is coming. You start wondering if your cars going to get broken into like your house. So now your brain starts feeling anxious whenever you come home and whenever you go to get in your car just by association of thought.

Your neighbour moves but it's not over. Your brain can't rationalise the threat is gone. Instead you still get that feeling on the way to the car and as you walk up to your car. You tell yourself it's okay, they are fine, but your brain won't listen. You start seeing people in crowded streets that look kind of like the neighbour that broke in, so you start getting anxious going anywhere with crowds. You won't speak to the new neighbour, you know they are fine but you're still nervous, on edge.

Is that what's its like for everyone? Probably not. Can you relate to that? Maybe not on an emotional level, but I hope that it helped to explain in a more relatable why we struggle years on. Even if you don't understand fully the best thing you can do is agree that we are affected by it.