TEEN QUESTION/PROBLEM:
I was raped by three men about three weeks ago. I thought I was dealing wit h it pretty well, I've started seeing my school psychologist yet I've noticed talking isnt really helping me. My sleeping pattern is off, my dieting is off, I feel the need to eat all the time and have even been eating unusual foods like meat (i've been a vegetarian for 4 years). I haven't shown up to class and find it hard to get out of bed bug i play a pretty strong front and no one has any idea there's anything wrong with me. But I feel it and it's killing me, I don't know what to do.

TEEN LINE WROTE:
Thank you so much for contacting TEEN LINE! First I wanna say how big of a step that you took and it took a lot of guts to do it. Im really proud of you. Also I do wanna say that rape is wrong and terrible and you should not have had to go through with that. I imagine you must be really stressed and confused, I know I would. Here is a number that I think will help you, its R.A.I.N.N. (Rape and Battery Hotline) 800-656-4673 and it is 24 hours or visit their website www.rainn.org. If you ever need to contact us for anything, and I mean anything please call our hotline any day of the week from 6pm-10pm:

(951)-826-4673
(310)-855-4673
or you can try a live chat by going on to www.teenlineonline.org.

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