By Simona Jellinek ( July 6, 2022, 8:27 AM EDT) -- Before. During. After. When thinking about how a sexual assault affects a survivor, some people might tend to focus on the latter two periods. They may think that the actual moments of sexual violence would be when the trauma begins and consider the aftermath to be when a survivor reflects on what occurred, possibly experiences symptoms post-traumatic stress disorder, and finds a way to heal....