From a Victim to a Survivor

Posted by maya123.

I was raped at the age of 17 by a friend who I had trusted for years. He picked me up from my house and brought me to the woods to have a few beers; by the time we left those woods my knees were bloody, I had bruises all over my body, and my self-worth was left behind along with the empty beer bottles. He recorded himself assaulting me as if he was a serial killer collecting a trophy from his victim. I was so hurt and confused as to how someone who called themselves my friend could violate me in such a methodical way. Being unequipped to deal with such trauma, I turned to drugs. I thought that if I numbed myself completely, I would be able to cope with what had happened to me. For a while, I lived my life in complete apathy and utter numbness. What I didn't realize, was that I was just pushing my pain to appear on a later date and allowing it to fester in silence over time, leading me to still be… Read more  »

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