Hi Lorelei,

Welcome to the forum. Pointers... well, there are plenty of them within the information sections and threads already, so please give them a read as you feel you can, because there is a lot of really good content available on this forum alone, let alone the rest of the net.

I can see your frustration with the prick getting away with raping you... hell, I would be too. No female deserves that sort of treatment, ever; and I'm sorry that it happened to you.

I understand what you are saying about your social withdrawal, but actually attending school a couple of sessions per week could actually be beneficial for you to help develop and maintain your social skills, even though many other aspects are working against you.

If you have anger components, then you need to learn and practice techniques on that, to get it under control quickly. I have no doubt at all, that schooling is going to present you with constant symptoms, because you not healed as such, so doing anything outside of your minds bounds will be stressful, no doubt at all.

An idea if you want me to have a better understanding of where you stand at present, would be to fill out the PTSD assessment form, copy the results and PM them too me so I can see where you need help immediately, opposed to what can wait or the symptoms that deteriorate with other areas. This way I guess it would be easier to point you in the right direction first, to try and get some learning techniques in place before you recommence schooling.