revictimized
Hurt once more
Revictimized describes someone who has been made a victim again, either by experiencing a new harm or by being subjected to additional trauma through the systems meant to help them.
A crime survivor may feel revictimized when forced to recount their experience repeatedly to police, lawyers, and courts.
She was revictimized by the insensitive questioning during the trial.
The term highlights how institutions, relationships, or circumstances can compound original harm rather than provide relief.
Lacking ability to cope
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- exposedOut in open
- disempowermentLoss of agency
subjugation · control · coercion · manipulation · exploitation · domination · silenced · trapped
Breaking of trust
- trustConfidence in another
- abuserOne who mistreats others
- domesticOf the home
- familialPertaining to relatives
caregiver · predator · manipulation · gaslighting · violation · boundary · dependency
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- triggersCauses or activates
- retraumatizationRenewed experience of past trauma
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- survivorOne still alive after
traumatized · scars · therapy · counseling · healing · recovery · coping · hypervigilance
Denial of fair treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- reportingConveying documented information
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
cross-examination · retaliation · silencing · dismissal · bureaucracy · testimony · disclosure
Act of redoing
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- reoffendingCommitting crimes again
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
grooming · entrapment · chain · spiral · relapse · chronic · perpetual · persistent
helplessness
Lacking ability to cope
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- exposedOut in open
disempowerment · subjugation · control · coercion · manipulation · exploitation · domination · silenced · trapped · overwhelmed
betrayal
Breaking of trust
familial · caregiver · predator · manipulation · gaslighting · violation · boundary · dependency
flashbacks
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- triggersCauses or activates
- retraumatizationRenewed experience of past trauma
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
survivor · traumatized · scars · therapy · counseling · healing · recovery · coping · hypervigilance · anxiety
injustice
Denial of fair treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- reportingConveying documented information
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
interrogation · cross-examination · retaliation · silencing · dismissal · bureaucracy · testimony · disclosure
repetition
Act of redoing
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- reoffendingCommitting crimes again
predatory · grooming · entrapment · chain · spiral · relapse · chronic · perpetual · persistent · escalation