Three years ago I was gang raped by three men, I was 13. It all happened when my mum was sectioned because she has bipolar and I had to live with my auntie for a while. It was just before Christmas and my auntie wanted to go to a friends party so to thank her for looking after me I agreed to babysit so she could go, she told me she’d be back for 12 so I did mind. It came 12 and she still wasn’t back so I started to panic a little, it turned 1 and she came back with lots off men that pushed their way into the house to “carry on the party” but just started smashing the kitchen up. I went into mummy mode and decided to make the girls barricaded themselves into their room and not come out until I fetch them. I went back to my room to hope to fall asleep and it all stop but then three of the men made their way up stairs and into my room and corner me, they held me down and raped me multiple times. After the 4th time, I blacked out and woke up 20 minutes later and the others were still smashing the house up so I rang the police but I never told anyone about the rape until last year. I wish I had told someone sooner.
— Shannon, age 16
Oh Shannon…I am so sorry that happened to you. I can tell you are a very brave young lady, and I hope you learn very quickly that the rape does not have to define YOU. YOU are beautiful and YOU are worthy of being happy. Many blessings to you.
Annette
Shannon,
I echo what Annette said to you. From your words I can tell that you are incredibly brave and full of light and strength. Sometimes we stay quiet in an effort to protect ourselves and sometimes we speak out for that same reason. I hope that by speaking up you’ve been able to work on healing. You are an amazing young woman with a bright future ahead of you. Lots of love to you ~ Alissa
Thank you so much, I never thought I would reach out to a page like this but it just goes to show their are so many, beautiful, caring and understanding people out there. I never thought I would gain the support I have. Thank you for your kind words. Shannon x
So sorry to hear about what happened to you. Hope you are doing better. Hope those bastards die!