by sprock » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:57 pm
This does seem very psychologically complex and I would recommend therapy.
I will also say that having sexually assaulted my ex-girlfriend after touching her in a violatory way after she had said she just wanted to spoon, I then found that when I was in a situation with my subsequent partner of being penetrated without having been asked (I'm a straightish guy and hadn't done this before and I think they rather clumsily assumed that progressing from rubbing to penetration would be ok) I felt mentally incredibly confused - at once vulnerable and anxious, while simultaneously glad that I was experiencing some sense of the violation I had previously perpetrated. I don't believe in karma... but in some sense I feel I almost willed what happened - that I'd gotten into that situation as a way to punish myself. This seems to be what you are saying too. It's hard for me to classify as well because I find it easily to be hard on myself than on my ex-partner since, while they absolutely should have asked first, it was absolutely an act of foolishness, rather than selfishness.
So... I guess what I'm saying is - while it isn't healthy or useful to punish yourself, perhaps you can take something from the fact that you now know what it feels like to feel pressured or uncomfortable. I hope that my experience has made me more careful and aware, at least. Maybe you can feel the same.
May I ask how old you are as well, if you don't mind my asking? I hope you're not still young and that you're safe, y'know.