Hypersexuality After Sexual Violence

When you've been assaulted, the assumption is frequently that you would become more modest, less sexual and very protective of who you allow into your physical space. This idea is often predicated on the idea that sexual violence only occurs when someone seems receptive to it. This is an obvious fallacy, but the hypersexual response to assault is still very confusing to many. For me, I wouldn't realize how much my assault changed me until years and years later; after finally meeting safer, healthier partners who were able to help me understand that not only was I worth more than sex, but that sex wasn't actually supposed to be a violence done to me. But, unfortunately, I would have to engage in a lot of hypersexuality as self harm before realizing that.