For many public personalities, some aspects of their personal life remain hidden from the reflector, which is kept away from the curious eyes of the world.
However, some decide to speak, not only to share their story but to provoke change and provide support to others who can fight quietly. Mariska Hargitay, best known for her iconic role as Olivia Benson in The Law and the Order:
A Unit of Special Victims, has now revealed a deeply personal and painful experience that she has kept largely private for years – experiences that shaped her life in a deep way. In the emotional essay,
Hargitay opens up with the survival of S*xual assault in her 1930s and throws light on the trauma and the healing path that she has navigated since then.
Mariska Hargitay shares his personal experience with S*xual attacks and reveals details 25 years after her debut as Olivia Benson in Pravo and the Order: Special Victims.
In a powerful essay for people published on January 10, 60 -year -old actress wrote: “The man raped me in my thirties. It wasn’t about S*x. It was about dominance and control. Oversinging Control. ”
Hargitay revealed that the attacker was a “friend”.
She told her attempts to escape, try humor, magic, reasoning, and boundaries. Despite her efforts, he overwhelmed he and held her, and she was frightened. When Hargitay feared that it could escalate to physical violence, he entered the “freezing regime”, which is a common response to trauma when there is no escape. “I checked out of my body,” she wrote.
Hargitay initially said she couldn’t process this experience. She decided to block it and “removed it from my narrative” and added, “Now I have so much empathy for me that chose this option because the part went through me. It never happened. Now he honors the part: I did what I had to do to survive. ”
Although she minimized the attack when she talked to her husband, Peter Hermann, her loved ones helped her deal with it. “Now I can see clearly what happened to me,” Hargitay explained. “I understand the neurobiology of trauma; trauma angers our minds and our memory. The way of fracture mirror.”
Through her depiction of Captain NyPD Olivia Benson, the role she has held since 1999, Hargitay has deeply associated with surviving S*xual attacks. In 2004, she founded the Joyful Heart Foundation Foundation, which is dedicated to the transformation of how society reacts to S*xual assault, domestic violence, and abuse of children while promoting recovery and working to end violence.
She thought she had originally created a joyful heart to help others, but now she considers it a way to “build on the outside so I can do the work from the inside”. After the attack, she never considered herself surviving.
“It’s a painful part of my story,” Hargitay wrote. “The experience was terrible, but it doesn’t approach me, just like no other part of my story defines me.” No part of the story defines anyone. ”
If you have influenced S*xual abuse or someone you know, contact the national hotline of S*xual assault at 1-800-656-Hope (4673). The trained professional will offer confidential, non -confidential support and connect you to local resources to help heal and recover.
Maris Hargitay’s bold decision to share her experience with a S*xual attack not only casts light on the emotional and psychological impact of suctraumama but also emphasizes the importance of understanding and supporting survivors. Her journey from trauma to recovery was formed by her role as Olivia Benson and her work with the Joyful Heart Foundation Foundation, which continues to change the deep difference in lives affected by violence. Hargitay’s story is a strong reminder that not only experience defines a person, but serves as a challenge for continuing empathy, awareness, and defense of survivors everywhere.