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Scared and ashamed, she told no one.
That refugee child, wide-eyed, confused, scared and ashamed, was still somewhere inside me.
"I got pregnant because I was too scared and ashamed to tell the nurse who gave me my 'morning after' pill about my HIV status.
To the Editor: In closing Mr. Winerip's column, an abortion counselor is quoted as saying that she had expected by now that abortion would no longer cause young women to be "scared and ashamed".
We have had 13-year-old rape victims described by police as "promiscuous", 14-year-olds called "slags" and countless others who won't speak to the police at all because they are too scared and ashamed.
I was scared and ashamed and I kept those feelings to myself because I didn't know it is normal.
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Effects include trauma responses such as replaying the images, feeling scared and vulnerable, ashamed, invaded or violated and confused, as well as angry and helpless, which is reinforced via the news feed as these things pop up uninvited.
As a result they reported to have been faced with different psychological and emotional problems, including being shocked, scared and felt ashamed.
There are probably women all over the country getting calls like this who are scared and alone and ashamed.
I was alone, scared and so terribly ashamed, full of hatred and guilt toward myself.
Like Perry, most child victims — scared, confused and ashamed — tell no one.
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