Another excellent way to combat mental pollution is to become well informed. As a victim of sexual violence, it's a good idea for you to get informed about sexual victimization, because it will bring tremendous benefit to your emotional and mental well-being.
For example, it is a common belief that sex offenders act the way they do because they can't control their urges. This isn't true, and it is very helpful for victimized people to know this.
Here's why: Typically, sexual offenders demonstrate lots of control, rather than a lack of it. They use trickery, deceit, coercion and manipulation. Their offences are usually planned and mentally rehearsed in advance. This knowledge is useful to victims who somehow continue to believe that it's their fault. Really understanding why it is not your fault is better than trying to believe that it isn't, just because others tell you so. Got it? Correct knowledge can help to free you from incorrect thinking.
So, for this reason, a good knowledge base is an item for your shopping list. Knowledge about sexuality, victim issues and characteristics, sexual offences, legal issues, and sex offender characteristics can undermine self-injuring thinking and believing.