When a survivor experiences hypersexuality after a trauma… It doesn’t mean they aren’t traumatized. It doesn’t mean it didn’t bother them. It doesn’t mean they are broken.
Hypersexuality, in response to trauma, occurs a lot more than many think. But survivors often feel too ashamed to talk about it. Society assumes that trauma survivors will be sex-repulsed. It’s the expected reaction.
If you’re hypersexual, you’re valid.
If you’re sex-repulsed, you’re valid.
If you fluctuate between the two, guess what? You’re valid.
We need to talk about hypersexuality more because a lot of survivors think that they’re broken. And they really aren’t.