Thank you so much Jake for saying this...your response touches me so deeply because if you've read any of my earlier posts, I was raped by someone whom I had considered to be one of my best friends. I recall having a session with a counselor last year who had advised me to let it go and move forward. I was trying to explain to her that its not that simple. Moving on initially was a lot easier because I had my lover who was previously before we became intimately involved, one of my best friends. Although I have stride in regard to moving forward with sporadically dating as of late, however, I am very cautious although I am very polite and courteous in their presence, I do have those flashbacks that will appear in my mind of the relationship that was established with this guy for a substantial period of time that displayed no signs of this happening within our friendship. That's how close we were and this is possibly why I have such a difficult time accepting that he did this to me. Therefore, with that being said, my late partner, he cared so much about me that he made himself my protector in which he accompanied me wherever I went in public as well as emotional support. However, now that he's deceased, all of those feelings regression/psychological effects from that incident have surfaced. What matters worst is when you are referred to counselors who are supposed to open and accepting to what you are going through and instead, they are very opinionated on a subject matter that they have no way of knowing what you are feeling or experiencing. I was so close with this guy and he shared so much with me personally that there was no way that I would have believed he had that side to him. Again, thanks so much because I could not have said it better...JW:big hug: