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I was just a young girl.

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I know, if this has happened to you in any way. It will linger on your mind, it'll hurt just to hear the name of the one/s who hurt you. But just know what they did was not okay, but you will become okay eventually. The fact you've gotten this far is amazing, you are powerful and strong. Do what you need to do to heal and feel better, not what others tell you, you need to do. Your healing journey will look different to others, and that's okay, but just don't shy away from support.

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I really hope that I get the courage to tell my parents, but I'm taking this small step of sharing it without anyone knowing who I am, in hopes till help me build my courage to tell my family. Healing is a very long winded process and the end goal is for me to be able to admit it happened to me to the ones I love most.

Hi, my sexual story began when I was only 14. I was dating a guy and he was older then me by about a year. He was 15 or 16 at the time. I went over to his house and was sort of peer pressured into having sex with him. It was not enjoyable and I later found out that he had been sleeping with at least 2 other girls in his age bracket. That is when we broke up. I felt deviated. My friends who were also 14-15 at the time, really wanted to help me get over this older guy. I hadn't told them about him peer pressuring me into it. So they set me up with another bloke, he was younger then us so I thought he could do no harm. We went to hangout at the local showgrounds where I believed we would throw a frisbee and just be kids. This is when he began to kiss and grope me. I didn't really push him away because I didn't know what to do. Then he began to slide his hand up my skirt, and under my bike pants. I knew I wasn't comfortable so I tried pulling away but that's when he pulled them down. He asked me, "Can I put it in?" I was shocked, this was the first time I had hungout with this man one in one. My response was, "I'm not too sure about that yet." But he ignored me. Put it in anyways. I just froze and did exactly what he said. I kept repeating in my head, "this means nothing. This means nothing, till be over soon." At the age of 14 I was raped by a 13 year old in a bush at my local showgrounds. I blamed myself for a long time. Thinking it was my fault because I didn't push him off or indicate that I didn't want it. But now looking back, that no yes means no. My parents still to this day do not know, and I don't know how to tell them.

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