Guilt, shame, self-blame, anxiety, fear, feeling numb, confusion, shock, mood swings, anger, and many other psychological symptoms that go along with such a dark and shun act of violence. A response to a terrible event like a natural disaster is typically shock and denial. The response to trauma like rape includes unpredictable emotions, physical symptoms, strained relations. There are three types of trauma Acute, Chronic, and Complex, rape falls into all three categories. You always hear people victim blame when a woman is raped, as if her clothing or her actions warranted this act of violence against her. It's not bad enough that women have to deal with the psychological trauma of being raped they also have to deal with the finger pointing of others as well.