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Message to a Survivor
i never thought i would let another man touch me after him. it's been just over a year and i met someone new and wonderful, and i've reclaimed myself and my body in a way i never would have dreamed was possible. keep the faith. i love you.
Message of Healing
healing to me is journaling, and doing things like this--admitting that it happened, telling the story to people who don't know me. it's screaming at the mirror imagining all the horrible things i'd say to him, retreating for a week after a flashback, reclaiming myself.
we'd been on and off for months and i went to an event as his date. it was college and i was young and stupid. we went drink for drink and i blacked out. he told me a month later that we'd had sex that night, even though he knew i didn't want to. after that, whenever i'd tell him no, he would beg and plead and take my clothes off one at a time until i gave in. it took me three months and a failed attempt to take my own life before i left him. that was more than a year ago and every time i see him it feels like being shot.
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