basically, a person might have ofcurrent memori, about the bad events. for example, you might have a re victim who finds herself constantly having memories that she can't get out of her mind, like someone who has a tune that they keep thinking over and over, and they don't want to think about it, but it keeps coming back-- very disturbing memories about the assault and its effect. my stomach was literally doing cartwheels. i mean, i could feel my stomach palpitating. um, hyperventilating-- i could not get my breath. my throat blistered like i had strep throat. the night after i was assaulted, going back into work thinking, you know, "life is going to go on, and this is not going to effect me." and i could remember a young lady who had been severely sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend, sitting in isolation with her, listening to her tell me her story, and the whole time realizing i was totally decompensating. i stayed in the apartment i think about seven or eight months after i was raped, and then i couldn't take it anymore. i was scared to bthere by