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REFLECTION QUESTION
Ibrahim has a good helper who works with him to make the past safe and help him to realise that he is now safe . Ibrahim has been prescribed medicine that helps him to feel stable . He is concentrating better at school . Ibrahim has contacted his parents and has found that they too have managed to escape and are living with the uncle in Turkey . That they are safe means a lot to Ibrahim . He can increasingly breathe easier because he is with other young people , is taken care of , and no longer feels in danger .
Questions to reflect on
• Why might experiencing several sexual assaults traumatise a survivor more deeply than a single event ?
• How might a survivor ’ s thoughts and trauma reactions differ if he was abused by a woman rather than a man ?
Ibrahim , Afghanistan