September 26th, 2015
        
        			My First Memory
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 years old. I am now 19. My mom was a single mom with two kids my brother and I. I had never met my dad but little did I know I was going to meet him soon and it was going to be horrifying. My mom told...	
 
	
		
        			May 17th, 2015
        
        			Incapacitated Still
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was about 6 or 7 years old one me and my oldest first cousin male who is 7 years older then me was play wrestling. Then he said let me do something… At this point he started hunching me from behind. It went on for a little while...	
 
	
		
        			March 5th, 2015
        
        			The Touches I Felt
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being that I’m much older now I realize all the things that I went through in the past we’re wrong. When I was a child between ages of 5-7 (maybe even before) I was being molested by my older brother who was 4 years older than me. I remember when...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			לא יוצאים מזה…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לינור יקרה- הסיפור שלך השפיע עלי רבות בזמנו (1998) כי ממש באותה תקופה הסיפור עם השכן שפגע בי התפוצץ… אני לא חיה מאז. אני חיה-מתה למען האמת… כל יום הוא מלחמה עבורי… אני נאחזת בשיניים, וזה לא קל. סליחה אם אני נשמעת פסימית (אולי זה בגלל התקופה…), אבל קשה מאוד...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2015
        
        			Still Haven’t Healed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped while on a second date with a guy I had met at a bar. I was 18 and a virgin. My family was very strict catholic and sex was never something that was discussed. One night I met a guy. He seemed really nice. I didn’t have...	
 
	
		
        			September 29th, 2018
        
        			Attempted rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 67 years old now. When I was in college I went on a date in my sophomore year of college with a graduate student. He invited me to his off campus apartment for dinner. When I got there, he offered me a drink of wine, when I accepted....	
 
	
		
        			May 21st, 2015
        
        			My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 19, I had the world in the palm of my hand. I had just graduated high school and community college, both with advanced honors. In the fall, I transferred to university and was looking forward to all that college life had to offer; I was excited for...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2016
        
        			A Night To Remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was prom night. I was a sophomore so normally I wouldn’t be going but an older guy who played basketball with my brother Colt asked me. It was so much fun. After we all went out to eat and went bowling. Jackson, my date, dropped me off at my...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2015
        
        			Second Night of College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raised in a Christian family to believe that I should never have sex before marriage, and I always planned to have sex only with my husband. When I was about 6 or 7, I was molested by my older cousin for about 2 years. I was very confused...	
 
	
		
        			February 17th, 2017
        
        			Secretly Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I lived with my great aunt and uncle since I was about 3 because my mom didn’t have her life together. I think the first time I was molested I was about 7. I was sleeping between them for some reason and woke up to being touched down there. It...	
 
	
		
        			July 3rd, 2016
        
        			My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was 5 years ago when it all happened (17 at the time). I had a very good friend who I had met through a house mate. We all use to hang out together and party occasionally at our house and invite our friends over. I wasn’t really a big...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2017
        
        			Me too
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My best friend’s boyfriend raped me when I was passed out on a couch. I woke up to him finishing on me. — Survivor, age 20	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2014
        
        			Please Allow Me To Be Heard
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Throughout my adult life I have struggled with conflicting emotions, grief, shame, and sadness. When I was 15 I was raped by a guy I was dating. I was young and very naive. When I met him, he swept me off my feet. He said all the things a girl...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2017
        
        			Surviving, Kinda
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Help. God help me write this, but I think its time I let it out. This is my story about how a man who completely destroyed me within a matter of minuets, three times. At first I didn’t know it was rape. After years of abuse I just thought it...	
 
	
		
        			July 20th, 2016
        
        			BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		If it were to ever happen to anyone. I wish it would happen to me again as I don’t wish this on my darkest enemy. It was Friday and I was blessed with a sunny day off. I had went into the dispatch office in the morning asking if there...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			First Frat Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All I ever wanted to do was be in a sorority, I wanted those sisters. I grew up with an older and younger brother in West Virgina so when I came to college I knew I wanted to rush. When I got my “BIG SIS” we were immediatly best friends....	
 
	
		
        			August 23rd, 2016
        
        			Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		J’ai 31 ans et je suis afro-canadienne. J’ai été agressée sexuellement à plusieurs reprises. La première fois, je devais avoir 8 ans. J’étais dans un autobus loué par mes parents, bondé de monde. On allait à la campagne assister au mariage d’une parente. Mi-trajet, mon père a pris la place...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2015
        
        			College Student
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped. By a guy I thought was cool. He was a member of a fraternity. I thought he was cool. He invited me to his place for dinner. I thought he liked me. I got to his place he had picked me up from campus. So I was...	
 
	
		
        			April 12th, 2016
        
        			Embrace It All
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello fellow survivors. I want to share a key moment in my recovery process after I was raped by a stranger in a hotel because I hope that it will help you with the process of going through all the guilty feelings and the stages of grief (just like when...	
 
	
		
        			January 1st, 2016
        
        			A Cruel Time To Prevail
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello, my name is Nautica. And I am a survivor of rape and molestation by a family friend. But, to understand some of what I was thinking when it happened, I must tell the story of my life. When I was born, my mother had two girls from a previous...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2017
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Roberta and I was sexually assaulted as a child. I was sexually assaulted by two men on different occasions. Both were acquainted to the family. One man sexually abused me on one occasion, while the other did it for years, from 7 to 14 years of age....	
 
	
		
        			November 19th, 2017
        
        			Just Violated
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I need to post here. I read your posts with a friend who needed to heal, and now I need to heal. A stranger grabbed me in my garage, took my purse for money, and violated me. I am hurt, physically hurt, mentally hurt. I was opinioned that she was...	
 
	
		
        			February 2nd, 2018
        
        			Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 16, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Spain on a full scholarship for a year to further my Spanish-language abilities. I was so excited because I had dedicated my whole life to the language and would finally be living it. My foreign exchange included staying...	
 
	
		
        			August 20th, 2009
        
        			my story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		אני בת 28, נשואה ואם לילד. עברתי פגיעה מינית מתמשכת, מגיל 9, ועד גיל 13.5, מאדם בגיל של הורי אני לא אוהבת לקרוא לעצמי “שורדת” כי בחיים יש הרבה יותר מזה כיום, בעיצומו של תהליך החלמה ושיקום, אני פעילה בארגוני נשים שונים, ביניהם מרכז הסיוע לנפגעות תקיפה מינית בישראל תודה...	
 
	
		
        			April 1st, 2015
        
        			The Story Of Two Rapes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is a very long story but I feel this is the only way I can tell it. I am a survivor of not one but two rapes. I will start by saying I’ve never written down my stories and I’ve only told my two closes friends and my family...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2016
        
        			Step Dad
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when it started.. My mom got together with this guy she went to work with he was honestly the nicest guy ever!!! He spoiled my sister and I and talked about adopting us from our dad. Then he went to prison… The first year he...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			ללינור היקרה
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור, קוראים לי אוריאן אני בת 16 מתל אביב. אני כותבת לך מכתב זה כי אני מעריכה אותך ורואה בך מודל לחיקוי. האומץ שבך,האסרטיביות,הכוח רצון,החוזק שיש בך נותנים לי כוח ורצון להמשיך הלאה. את אישה מדהימה ליונר, את לקחת את הכוח שיש לך לדברים טובים,לעזרה לזולת,ואני מתכוונת לכך שכשזכית...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2017
        
        			I’m Not Easy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened on April 10, 2017. I hadn’t been with anybody since a hard breakup a year before. I was finally moving on and I started talking to this boy. We flirted often and texted constantly. Finally, we were hanging out. He even introduced himself to my mom and I...	
 
	
		
        			June 24th, 2014
        
        			Multiple Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Raped by a caregiver at 6 years old and then again after he was released from captivity. Second rape was also kidnapping and stabbing to punish me for telling the first time. I almost died. I blocked the trauma from my memory. My mother tried to get me help but...	
 
	
		
        			November 25th, 2014
        
        			In Five Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 60 years old. When I was 16, I was forcibly raped by my date. I pleaded for him to stop which he did eventually do but not before he penetrated me. A few years later I had too much to drink so went to a friends dorm room...	
 
	
		
        			January 5th, 2017
        
        			Out of Control
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a 19 y/o freshman in college, and this was the first New Years Eve that I haven’t spent with my parents. I went with two of my friends to a frat party at our state college. I told my parents I was staying at a girl friends dorm afterwards,...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2018
        
        			Not like the rape you always hear...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened the summer going into my sophomore year of high school 2015. I was 15 and I lived in a very small and very bad town. Our middle school, yes I said middle school, was in the top 5 drug filled schools in 2 metroplex areas. Everyone new the...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2016
        
        			My Sister and I were Abused
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 11 my mother began a relationship with my stepfather. I was a very self conscious kid, I was bullied a lot. He would often tell me I was pretty and I’m like an ugly duckling and one day I would blossom into a beautiful woman. My elder...	
 
	
		
        			January 6th, 2016
        
        			Off My Shoulders
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child I was happy and nothing could be more perfect. Or at least that is what everyone thought. My mom probably could be stopped this, but i was never the one to tell and plus he said if iI did he would toy with my little sister. I...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2015
        
        			Pregnancy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15. I weighed 78 lbs, severely malnourished, severely ignorant. A 29 year old stranger walked up to my mother’s car, pointed at me in the back seat and said “I want the …”. My mother told him to get into the car. I was terrified, but I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2015
        
        			Friends?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first occurrence of sexual assault happened to me when I was 6 years old, at the hands of my sister. She continued to sexually assault me until she met her boyfriend 3 years later. The second time, in 2002, I was drugged and raped by two college acquaintances. I...	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2018
        
        			I’m Confused
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		just wanted to post this because I don’t know what to think or why I’m even still thinking about this. And I guess I just wanted someone to tell me what I’m supposed to think about this situation. I invited someone over to my house to hang out. We had...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2017
        
        			My rape story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So my story is really weird and awkward, because it really goes back to when I was dating this guy in 9th grade 2 years ago who made it seem I always had to please him and make him happy and I mean we broke up eventually when he did...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			Help!! What Can I Do?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 19 years old now. This takes place when i was 11 years old. In my school, there was a boy whom I thought was pure in heart, mind and soul. He was intelligent and good in sports. He helped me in studies. When I was sad he consoled...	
 
	
		
        			January 6th, 2017
        
        			Too Young and Unsure
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14-15 at the time when I was sexually assaulted. I am very new to this subject as I have let this situation go for so long… I am now 25 years old and have been having issues with memories coming back to my mind that I didn’t even...	
 
	
	
		Hola, no comprendo muy bien el idioma ingles por eso escribo esta corta historia en español, la persona que fue abusa es mi esposa cuan ella tenia 11 años por el esposo de una tía de ella y el esposo de una prima de ella. Al contarme esto sentí demasiada...	
 
	
		
        			February 7th, 2016
        
        			My Mom
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello my name is Vivian. About 2 years ago my mother, with great shame and fear, revealed to me that she had been raped as a young girl on a date. She and her older sister, my aunt, went to the police for help and was told there was nothing...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			I Am a Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On day at my grandmother’s home, my step cousin and I were going to take a shower together, as most cousins our age did…only he was about 12 and I was 4. In the bathroom he told me to take off my clothes and after I had done so, he...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Raped at 16
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sixteen taken to a party by a girlfriend that I trusted. When we showed up there were on 2 men there that I never met. We drank and got drunk, I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of the night and one of the guys were...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Rape & Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This has gone on for too many years, not only to women but men too. The shame and guilt and fear kept me quiet for over 40 years.I let myself down as well as others. How to heal and speak out is something i need in order too move on...	
 
	
	
		A few weeks back I was raped. It was by someone who I love dearly and want to trust completely- my boyfriend. We were becoming more intimate and affectionate with each other, but I made it clear to him that I wasn’t ready to go all the way numerous times....	
 
	
		
        			November 2nd, 2016
        
        			Scared Like Crazy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have never been raped but, I’ve been scared of being raped since I was 14. That’s 7 years of living in fear. My college’s campus is pretty safe but whenever I hangout with my guy friends outside of baseball practice (I’m the team’s #1 fan and photographer) or the...	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2015
        
        			Someone Close to You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15 I moved out from my moms house and decided to live with my father and his girlfriend. I still went to the same school but everything changed. Since I had to wait for my route to be put on the list for a bus I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			October 18th, 2017
        
        			Sexually assaulted several times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In my childhood, I had a cousin babysit me. i was only 6 at the time when he took me into my brother’s room. He told me it was “nap time” even though I knew clearly it wasn’t. I remember feeling uncomfortable being in the same room as he was,...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2015
        
        			Can’t Even Take My Medicine
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My freshman year of high school, I was 15. Everyone wanted to date a upperclassman and I got the chance to be one of those people. It all started off with meeting him and him begging me to go to the movies where he told me his story, including that...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2017
        
        			He said I wanted it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17 when I was raped. I was at a school function when a guy I knew as one of my school mates older brother approached me. Being in a verbally abusive relationship at the time, I liked the fact he was speaking nicely to .,me and was acting...	
 
	
		
        			September 25th, 2015
        
        			Rape Is Everywhere
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My experience with rape started with the rape of my mother when I was about 12 years old. 2 strangers (men) dragged her out of our yard to a close abandoned lot and beat and raped her. Shortly after my best friend was out biking, and her chain slipped. She...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2014
        
        			My Horrific Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago I was raped. I met a man who was a marine and had mutual friends. We hit it off and began dating. After two months he got out of the marine corp and moved back to his home of Reno, NV. Truthfully, I knew he had issues....	
 
	
	
		מרגיש מכני נושא הסיפור: והסיפור: כלכך ישיר לנושא כלכך מורכב אני שכנה שלך ממש חדשה ברחוב הסחלב 96 רמת פולג בעלך עבד עם חבר שלי שמנהל את הקפה קפה באמנון ותמר 6 (של אבא שלי) הסיפור שלי כזה הייתי ילדה שמחה מאוד ואז זה הפסיק פעם אחת קצרה ,אבל כלכך...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			עדיין מציק
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		וואו אני לא יודעת מאיפה להתחיל עברתי 3 מקרים וזה עדיין מציק אני בת 31 אמא ל2 ילדי מקסימים כשהייתי בת בערך 15 ליוויתי את חברה שלי הבייתה דרך איזו סימטה מוארת לפתע שמענו שמישהו הולך אחרינו הגברנו את קצב ההליכה וגם הוא הגביר ומכיוון שאני הייתי הכי קרובה אליו...	
 
	
		
        			August 30th, 2016
        
        			Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My first night out at the bars in college was one that began with much excitement and anticipation. It was a freedom that I had never felt before. I felt old. I was in a new place with people who had absolutely no opinions of me. I was ready to...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2015
        
        			Enough Is Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 22, at 18 I had my first real boyfriend, who completely mentally and emotionally abused me, but of course in that moment I was in complete denial of the whole situation. After about a year of going out, things were getting worse. One night while having sex...	
 
	
		
        			December 14th, 2017
        
        			Raped by boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		August 2017 I was raped by someone I was dating. This had happened at the very beginning when we started dating. I had gone over his house and we were outside talking in my car. He asked me if I wanted to get off I said yes thinking we were...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2015
        
        			Extreme Blessings
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother and I fled to a new town. I was fourteen when a local gang defined I was the new virgin kid on the block. My father had been institutionalized, my brothers left home, my recovering from 23 years of a difficult marriage and coign of valium. One night,...	
 
	
		
        			February 24th, 2015
        
        			My Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am sorry if my English isn’t that good. I am from Belgium and English isn’t my “main” language… I was 11 when I made the most horrible experience in my life. I had some friends, not a lot, I was very leery and I chose my friends very carefully....	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2017
        
        			Youth Sexual Harrassment
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Everybody always talks about how when they got to their 16, 17, 18, and 19 years, and how they faced sexual harassment almost daily, but no one ever talks about how it starts much sooner. I’ve been experiencing sexual harassment since at least fourth grade. In fourth grade (I went...	
 
	
	
		Cuando tenía 23 años de edad empecé a trabajar con el ejército de mi país por 6 meses. Allí conocí a un teniente que al principio nos llevábamos bien, conversábamos, etc. Teníamos las habitaciones continuas. Un día, él me llamó y él estaba dentro de su habitación, yo no pensé...	
 
	
		
        			July 22nd, 2018
        
        			Raped by a work colleague
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This starts April 2017 i went for a team meal with work colleagues, a few of us stayed out for drinks. So this “man” decided he would stay out with me and a few girls from our team. As the night went on 1 by 1 girls started to leave...	
 
	
	
		I was molested at 7 years old in the apartment complex I currently live in. My best friend was also molested with me. It is now easier to talk about it, but I have not found a way to cope. Only my mother and one of my cousins know what...	
 
	
		
        			September 25th, 2015
        
        			So Young
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 13 I began dating an 18 year old guy.He was sweet and loving at first. But one day he just changed. He began forcing me to take pills and beating me.He even would let his friends pay him to molest me. I finally had the courage to...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2016
        
        			Rape Shaming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 Years ago I attended Boarding School in the UK. I was a good student. Sociable. I was having the time of my life. After breaking up with my boyfriend, who had moved to a different continent, at the beginning of my last semester I fell into depression. It was...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2018
        
        			Two Men Lifetimes Apart
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ts hard to remember when it started happening. I know for sure it was before I was in kindergarten but I’ve blocked out most of my elementary school years. He was a man I called dad, even though he wasnt biologically so. He was there from the time I was...	
 
	
		
        			January 24th, 2018
        
        			I felt like it didn’t count because...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was lucky. I went on a date with a man I met, and I wanted to play around and make out. I was not shy, or coy, or unclear. I straight up told him that we would not be having intercourse – but if he was okay with that,...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2015
        
        			Secret overload
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just finished watching the documentary…I cried so much.. I am still crying. I hoping that I can press send when I have finished writing my story. I was 10 years old, I lived with my grandparents at the time, because my mom had migrated to Canada. I remember playing...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2016
        
        			A Part of My Twenties
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When strange men rubbed their erections against me on a crowded subway car, or masturbated themselves in front of me when the car was empty, I just pretended it wasn’t happening. I figured that’s what I got for living in the city. When they grabbed and groped and said belittling...	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2016
        
        			A Voice to be Heard
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just want my voice to be heard for once, I want the truth to be heard and to stop having my words twisted. I’m done being silenced. If you have ever been blamed for your rape due to date rape this story is for you.
My name is Erin McKinney,...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2017
        
        			Surpris à la Maison
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A week after my marriage, I had moved into Pantin, outside Paris, with his mother and son. I had my premier day at new occupation. I remove my stockings, and wanted food. My stepson grappled me to my knees. After a fight, I felt him enter inside me. He only...	
 
	
		
        			January 31st, 2016
        
        			Never the Same
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At the age of 6, I started being molested by a family member. At first I didn’t understand what was happening. At first it was just touching then he started making me have oral sex with him. It went on until I was in the 7th grade (12 yrs old)....	
 
	
		
        			April 5th, 2016
        
        			My Coach My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in a fun, crazy, happy, and healthy household. With an two older brother, older sister, and two younger sister we are all pretty close Basketball is my life. I grew up in a small town in Missouri. So small we didn’t even have a football team. Basketball...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2016
        
        			Prescription Drugs
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 18 and recently started seeing a 26 year old guy I met online. After several meetings which left me feeling shameful and dissatisfied I agreed to see him again whilst I was high on codeine DXM and alcohol. The combination of drugs meant from the minute I got in...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2015
        
        			Someone I Dated
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by someone I dated, I’ve told one person and it scares me to tell anyone else. Maybe sharing this with you and anyone who reads this will help. I know I’m not alone but it’s still scary to talk about. I was casually dating, let’s just call...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2013
        
        			I want my innocence back
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I often feel as if I’m overreacting, that it wasn’t all that bad. Maybe I have even imagined or misremembered it, as I was drunk at the time; but the months leading up to it and my friend’s (drunken) memories should be enough as proof, seeing that the police takes...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2022
        
        			Creepy Grand Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One time when I was 10, I had the weirdest scary experience of my life. It was a Chinese new year party we had every beginning of the year and all my relatives were there such as grandmas, grand aunties and uncles, uncles, aunties, cousins, you name it! All the...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			More Than Once
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to share my story with you. It all started around age two when my grandfather started molesting me, then taught my uncle to do the same The whole time growing up, I really thought it.was all a dream, till one night when I was 18 I heard...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2018
        
        			Only I get to make choices for...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m the one who got myself that last beer that made me black out. I should’ve known my limits. If I really didn’t want it, why would I have let him into my dorm upstairs from the party? Maybe he was black out drunk too. Sometimes when I drink too...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2013
        
        			My Year in Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Ms. Linor Abargil is an inspiring woman and if she is brave enough to share her story with the world, I thought I could share my little bit of Hell in hopes it helps others and gives them hope. Within months of moving in with my boyfriend, the psychopath revealed...	
 
	
		
        			October 18th, 2018
        
        			It never goes away
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		July 12 2008. That wasn’t the day I was raped. It was the day I was to be married to my rapist. He developed a drinking problem. He was always verbally abusive, though I didn’t recognize it at first. When he became physically abusive in November 2007, I began my...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2017
        
        			Broken Girl
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all started when I was nine years old and I was sent to foster care. My foster mom had two older sons and they would each take turns touching on me and making me touch them. My foster mom would make me sleep in the same bed with them...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			Tormented
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I lost my virginity when I was 14, I was with my best friend at the time, we met up with one of her friends who was 21. he had problems I even think he was on drugs I’m not entirely sure. Anyways they both decided that it was my...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2018
        
        			Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		August 14th, 2017 August 14th started off as an ordinary evening filled with friends and laughter, then ended with fear, pain, and loneliness. I never had guessed it would be a day that I would never forget. The 14th started off as an ordinary evening filled with laughter and friends,...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2015
        
        			He’s Still Out There
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sixteen years old. Arrogant. Naive. I thought nothing could ever go wrong, so when a strange man approached me I thought nothing of it. I was raped in the building right next to where I lived. To this day I’m upset that I could not fight back, instead...	
 
	
		
        			April 18th, 2016
        
        			The Mailman Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all happened 3 month ago. I was coming home from swim practice. Then I was in the process of opening my front door then I saw him (the mailman). He asked if anyone was home and I didn’t answer (My mom was at work and I don’t have a...	
 
	
		
        			November 19th, 2013
        
        			A horror that lasts a lifetime
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 21 I was kidnapped, held in a small space, beaten, tortured and repeatedly raped. At one point I must have left my body because I looked down on what was happening and told myself that I was going to be killed if I didn’t figure out what...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2016
        
        			Never Got His Name
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was nineteen years old when I lost my virginity. I wasn’t really saving it for anyone special; I just hadn’t done it yet. I was somewhat embarrassed about it, but most of my friends were virgins too, so it was okay. For my first real college New Years Eve,...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2017
        
        			Ashly’s story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I found this website, and it has been just so helpful reading other stories I don’t feel so alone. All these survivors so strong. When I was first rapped I didn’t know it was rape I thought it was my fault and I told myself, well you put yourself in...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2015
        
        			Enough Is Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 22, at 18 I had my first real boyfriend, who completely mentally and emotionally abused me, but of course in that moment I was in complete denial of the whole situation. After about a year of going out, things were getting worse. One night while having sex...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			I can’t remember if I said yes...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel really embarrassed posting this, because this story is different than a lot of stories on here. But I had been going on dates with this guy and staying at his parents house and solely just falling asleep together, nothing sexual. I told him I only sleep with someone...	
 
	
		
        			November 18th, 2014
        
        			De Los 6 a Los 12
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Desperté con su aliento sucio y su lengua dentro de mi boca y, no entendí nada, quedé paralizada, tenía apenas 6 añitos y lo quería y admiraba… era mi abuelo. Esa noche, antes de irnos a la cama y con mi abuelo de visita, lloré desconsolada pues competíamos mis hermanos...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2014
        
        			לפני 14 שנים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		והסיפור בעברית כי אני לא טובה לכתוב באנגלית!! דבר חשוב שיש לי לציין לפני שאני מתחילה לכתוב אני לא יודעת אנגלית טוב אני יודעת רק עברית אז מקווה שהתוכנה תתרגם נכון. שלום ראיתי את הסרט שלך והרגשתי צורך לכתוב לך את הסיפור שלי. כיום אני בת 16… זה קרה לפני...	
 
	
	
		I was 20, he is a very wealthy man, I still see him often times, he didn’t rape me he sexually assaulted me, I said NO! he didn’t care, he showered me afterward, I wish I could punish him, I wish I could forgive him, I also wish I could...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2017
        
        			Holding My Feelings In
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been raped twice and attempted rape, which I was coerced into I stopped but it was still very much sexual assault. This is over the past few months. I’m jumpy can’t focus very anxious all the time sleep is when I can I try to sleep and have nightmares...	
 
	
		
        			May 12th, 2017
        
        			I still don’t know what happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		We were at this reunion after work at a friends house, we were drinking, playing games and eating, the last thing I remember after my black out was playing monopoly with my friends, totally normal. Then I woke up completely naked at his bed thinking ‘what the hell happened?’ I...	
 
	
	
		The first time I was raped I was about 7 years old, my uncle raped me in my grandmother’s house, he had previously assaulted my mother when he was younger and my mother was a kid. I was sleeping in my room with my cousin by my side, and I...	
 
	
	
		Few years ago, I went overseas for my Studies. I was staying with my dad’s brother, my uncle who had bad drinking habits. I never get to know my dad’s family very well because they were living overseas. I was around 10 years old when I saw them last time....	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2010
        
        			גבר אלים וחולני
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לקראת גיל 15 התחלתי לצאת עם בחור שהיה גדול ממני בשנה, לאחר חודשיים בערך ביחד הייתה בנינו מריבה מטופשת במהלך המריבה הוא נהייה אלים כלפי זאת הפעם הראשונה בעצם שהוא הרים עליי יד, הביא לי סטירה שהפילה אותי על הריצפה וכשאני שוכבת על הרצפה הביא לי מכה חזרה בבטן עם...	
 
	
		
        			December 14th, 2015
        
        			Unspoken
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just watched the film on Netflix and wanted to share my story as well. I was not rape,d but molested in a college party when I was 22. I was at a friend’s house, where the party was held with all my classmates and friends. I remember having too...	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2017
        
        			A Co-Worker
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not sure when it all started- The shame. The guilt. The nightmares. I just know that it hit me like a speeding truck. I thought I had put it to the darkest and farthest part of my memory, but that’s the funny thing about your mind. It plays tricks...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2009
        
        			היי לינור
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי אני מקווה שאכן תקראי אותי. גם אני עברתי חוויות דומות, כאלה ואחרות בחיי מ 8 אנשים מהמשפחה. זה הבלוג שלי אם תרצי לעיין http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/userblog.asp?foldername=bubaa&passok=yes אשמח אם תצרי איתי קשר במייל את חזקה! כל הכבוד לך *חיבוק*	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago I was raped sexually, today I only have the scar, I have healed but I have not forgotten and I will never forget it, I would love to help women, and because not even men who have been through this situation, it is not an easy path,...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2015
        
        			Rape at Bogota, Colombia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sueño / Recuerdo I was running running running Past the halls, the screams, the stairs My hand was busy on something -Probably the piece of glass I used to cut him. And then she ripped her necklace off Just as they ripped out clothes off Shattered glass -Another way of...	
 
	
		
        			June 1st, 2016
        
        			10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 9, and my mother did a party at home. So when I was about to go to sleep, I heard the noise of the door opening. It was one of my mom’s friends. He was so drunk, I still remember the way he used to look at me...	
 
	
		
        			June 28th, 2017
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For years I’ve blocked out these horrible images I have in my head. I see the younger me; volnerauble, and letting this man take advantage of me. I see myself hurting, and no one noticing. I’m sorry to my younger self, sorry for not being strong enough to speak up....	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2013
        
        			Childhood Friend Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had lived abroad with my military family and returned to my home State after graduating high school to live with my grandmother to decide my future rather college or join the military. I received a phone call from a childhood friend if I wanted to drive to a nearby...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2014
        
        			A Self Destructive Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abused by my stepfather from age 5 until age 13. My mom knew and did nothing. Actually she told me when I was 10 that… ” everyone has hardships and this was mine so shut up and deal with it.” I was also abused by 2 of...	
 
	
		
        			June 6th, 2015
        
        			I Was Only 7
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m from a little town in Mexico (I apologize for my english) And my nightmare started when I was 7 years. I Was a little girl, a little happy girl… but when I started the school, my cousin, (a nephew from my father’s) raped me and changed everything. He was...	
 
	
	
		It happened two weeks ago in school I went to the bathroom and then there were two men. It happened, but they didn’t cut me or bruise me. They didn’t want anyone to notice after I ran from school and walked home and started cutting myself. I still don’t know...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2017
        
        			Naive girl
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17 years old and just started dating this guy, X. First guy that I had ever dated. I didn’t know what was right and what was wrong at that time, trying to live life to the fullest during my high school days. So, when he invited me to...	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2016
        
        			Young and Unaware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 19 now and it took 4 years for me to process what had happened. I really only became aware of it 1 year ago. But when I was 14, I was dating a boy who was 17. I had lied about my age and he thought I was 15,...	
 
	
		
        			March 22nd, 2015
        
        			Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a young girl, I was molested by my mother’s boyfriend son. I thought it was okay to let a little boy play down there, but then later on in life it was not. At the age of 16, I was walking home and saw these guys walking up behind...	
 
	
		
        			February 25th, 2015
        
        			Respect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First of all, I’m sorry if my English isn’t fluent, I’m Dutch. I have never been raped or anything that comes close to that. I just watched Brave Miss World this afternoon and it really touched me and I just felt like I had to show my respect to all...	
 
	
		
        			July 12th, 2015
        
        			Not Sure It Happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a bit of a party wild child, started drinking when I was 13 and kissing boys, however did nothing sexual until I was 17. That’s when I started hanging out with the “cool” crowd. The popular boys seemed into me and that was really flattering so I started...	
 
	
		
        			August 30th, 2016
        
        			Forgotten Memories Submerge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 21 years old, but my story begins from when I was 6 years old. My parents were not really involved in what was going on in my life, and simply, not interested. I was sexually abused spanning from age 6; 10; and 11. The incidents from when I was...	
 
	
		
        			June 10th, 2014
        
        			Abuse and Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abuse by a young man (close to 18) from the time I was 5 until I was 9. Then when I was 16 a man who I considered my big brother raped me. He took me home from a wedding. I had gotten drunk at the wedding....	
 
	
		
        			April 26th, 2017
        
        			My Snowball Effect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My life has been a serious of many many struggles. But, I am grateful that they happened because I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. It started with my parents relationship. It was ever really good. But at the age of nine, I caught my Father cheating on...	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2016
        
        			The Girl Who Went To College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was early into my first year of college in New York City. (I’m from a really small Midwest town and grew up as a painfully awkward band geek and was going through my first ever breakup with my then-long-distance HS boyfriend back home but we were trying to stay...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2014
        
        			My Fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am forced to live in a house with young men. My brother and three others. I put up a fight every night. It’s not enough. It’s never enough. The worst part is they know I’m a lesbian, and i hate it. They always say they will change my mind....	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2016
        
        			Roommates
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was my roommate. Someone I barely knew, an acquaintance. I had moved back to campus after living about a year 20 minutes out from school. I was desperate to be around people my own age again and get out of my current living situation. I took on random roommates...	
 
	
		
        			June 2nd, 2016
        
        			Left Me In Pieces
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel safe here to share my story. I do apologize that it is long. So far, writing has been the only form of release for me. Spring Semester 2016, senior year of college I know we both had been drinking, but I felt safe with you. We were pretty...	
 
	
	
		I am nearing 32 years of age and I was sexually abused from the age of 7-12 by two seperate family members. They just so happened to have a father that had fame attached to his name. I think this may have contributed to the fact that nobody in my...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2015
        
        			Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		59 years to life. All the girls sitting in the jury box waiting to hear what the judge would sentence the criminal who harmed us all in one way or another as we held hands and cried forced to look at the man who changed our lives forever. It has...	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2017
        
        			Because of You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Because of you, I lost who I was. I lost everything that made me feel who I am as a person. You made me feel ashamed, scared, and disgusted all at the same time. You made me feel ashamed and disgusted because you have made me blame myself for what...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2009
        
        			My story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Ive been debating telling this story let alone publish it. I was 10 years old when I was continuously raped by a neighbor which lasted 2 years. I blamed myself for years for what happened but now I firmly believe that this person was a monster and there wasnt anything...	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2016
        
        			My Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fourteen. I had spent the night with my Aunt and soon to be uncle. I was almost asleep on the couch downstairs when he came down and sat beside me. He began touching my butt and other areas. Eventually he stripped me down and started doing things to...	
 
	
		
        			October 12th, 2015
        
        			4 Days Before 16th Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Similar to you Linor, I am a Sabbath keeper. I was looking for something spiritual to watch tonight and I came across your story on Netflix (they have a religious section.) My rape happened 36 years ago. I am a young 52. I have acquired a doctorate in Education, but...	
 
	
		
        			April 26th, 2017
        
        			My Snowball Effect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My life has been a serious of many many struggles. But, I am grateful that they happened because I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. It started with my parents relationship. It was ever really good. But at the age of nine, I caught my Father cheating on...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2017
        
        			Beyond a story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Linor, I attended your movie showing in Monaco this past weekend. The irony was I attended thinking I was going to see a Princess Grace movie. Something light, beautiful, and with a story. I attended to honour Princesse Grace who is in the hearts of everyone she has touched....	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Oh goodness this is hard. I was 13 years old at the time, my “best-friend” was spending the night at my house. She convinced me that we should sneak out of the house to meet her boyfriend at his house (right up the street- he was considerably older than us)....	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2015
        
        			University Bar
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in my university student bar with a friend visiting from home- we had decided to let loose one final time before exams and got incredibly drunk. Upon arriving at the ‘Club Night’ in my SU we were waiting at the bar and met some guys. From what I...	
 
	
	
		I am a 62 year old woman in Ohio USA. When I was 17 I had a very close call but I was terrified. I was able to get away by jumping out of the moving car. I only ever told one person. I never told my family because I...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2016
        
        			I Woke Up In The Tub
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I woke up in the bathtub. With the shower running. My socks were on. My underwear between my legs. The alarm was going off. Something was wrong. Besides the socks. Besides the underwear. Besides the shower and the tub. Besides the pain. Don’t think about the pain. Something was wrong....	
 
	
		
        			February 11th, 2016
        
        			Betrayed By a Loved One
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My parents had me at the age of 16 years old. Ever since I was a child, age around 5-6 my mom was always gone at work. Which resulted in my dad being the “stay at home mom”. He prepared me breakfast and do my hair on good days. He...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2014
        
        			הטרידו אותי
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור קודם כל אני חייבת להגיד שראיתי את הסרט שלך אולי מאות פעמים וכל פעם אני מתרגשת מחדש. אני בת 13 ולפני כמה ימים הטרידו אותי וזה לא יוצא לי מהראש זה הלך ככה הלכתי עם חברה שלי לקניון ואז איש מבוגר פנה אלי ואמר לי שיש לי יופי...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			A Lifetime
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My unfortunate store started when i was 8 yrs old. My mother had just married a man she had only known a very short time (5 months). He started molesting me within days of the wedding and slowly progressed to rape. I was to scared to tell anyone until i...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2018
        
        			The year that changed me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had my first kiss and lost my virginity at 19, I was also raped that same year. I wish I could say that my first time was with someone special, someone I genuinely trusted and cared about but that would be a lie. The truth is that I only...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2016
        
        			Rape and Not Believed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The second time I was raped was last year on my birthday and I was 14 years old. The morning of my birthday I went down stairs to see a note saying that my dad and brother were out and my mum and my sister were too. The day proceeded...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2015
        
        			He Took My Virginity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It is really hard for me to write this but I feel empowered by this website and All the stories I have read here. It took me a while to realize what happened but I think I was raped when I was 17. I met Jon and he was a...	
 
	
	
		When I was 15, my boyfriend asked me if we could have sex or any sexual contact, I said no I wasn’t ready. We had been dating for 2 months. 2 nights after he asked me, he took me out to see a movie. We sat in the back and...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2015
        
        			Raped By My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First time I felt the pain of being raped, I was 8 years old. That day haunted me every night. For some reason I managed to find a way to deal with it. I didn’t forget but I made sure it didn’t destroy me. Then I turned 20, how life...	
 
	
		
        			September 19th, 2014
        
        			Rape and the Aftermath
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story happened 20 years ago, but I do not talk about it and only my friends that new me back then know my story. I met my first husband when I was 18 years old. Shortly after that I got pregnant and we married. The abuse started while I...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2015
        
        			Since Age 6?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have early memories from about age six. When i was about six years old, I fondly have flash backs of being touched by my younger brother’s father. I’m not completely sure what he exactly did to me but I sometimes have weird “dreams” and I’m not sure if there...	
 
	
		
        			January 10th, 2015
        
        			Strength to Speak Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After watching Brave Miss World, I finally feel empowered to speak out about my rape. Seven years ago, when I was 17, I was repeatedly raped by my boyfriend at the time. At that moment, I didn’t fully understand that it was rape. But, in the years since then, I...	
 
	
		
        			September 16th, 2016
        
        			Childhood Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was ever sexually abuse was by a neighbor. He was about 14 I think and I was about 3 years old. I grew up on a farm with 15 acre of land wasn’t much to do, but for me there sure was. I would run around...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2015
        
        			Parental Incest Is Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 13 when my mother took off with her new boyfriend. I told her that I was afraid of him. She told me not to worry. He was strong and he was going to take care of us. She told me that I was the product of an affair...	
 
	
		
        			July 19th, 2018
        
        			‘Were you drinking?’
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Why is it every question people start with when you say you were raped is ‘Were you drinking?’? Yes. I was drinking. Does that make me any less of a human being? Does that make me a willing participant to such an act? I shared my story with one person,...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2010
        
        			Erase and Rewind
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		גדלתי מילדה ונערה לאישה – אבל בתור אחת שהיו לה קצת רגשי נחיתות וכזו שהסתובבה בעיקר עם חברים בנים ושלושת אחיי הגדולים – הייתי טיפה רחוקה מהנשיות שלי- היה בי משהו מעורב בין נסיכה ביישנית לבין טום בוי חוצפנית- וכך יצא שעד גיל 21 עוד הייתי בתולה -מחוסר בחיבור לגוף...	
 
	
		
        			January 28th, 2015
        
        			Child Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My foster dad raped me when I was 13. I was sitting on the couch when all of a sudden he grabbed me and threw me on the bed. I thought he was joking around. He ripped of my pants and started grabbing my butt hard. I screamed “stop,” but...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			Seis Años
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A los seis años fui a la fiesta de una tia buela una de las tantas reuniones que hacen en mi familia y cuando fui al baño el hijo de esa tia me llevo a su cuarto y abuso de mi yo trate de llamar a mi mama pero tenian...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2018
        
        			Why did this happen to me???
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In 2010, I was out with friends drinking. I got separated from them and couldn’t find them. I was drunk so I decided to walk home which wasn’t a far walk so that’s what I was going to do. Well, while walking, I felt like I had to go to...	
 
	
		
        			November 19th, 2015
        
        			Breaking The Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My father had abandoned my family when I was 8 years old . It’s been over 12 years and I have not seen him once from that day he left. From then on until now, I thought I needed the love of a man to fill the emptiness he left...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2015
        
        			Second Night of College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raised in a Christian family to believe that I should never have sex before marriage, and I always planned to have sex only with my husband. When I was about 6 or 7, I was molested by my older cousin for about 2 years. I was very confused...	
 
	
		
        			June 3rd, 2014
        
        			My Boyfriend Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story I think is quite long, this is the first time I am writing it. I was raped, many times I do not know the number exactly, by my boyfriend of two years. I only realized it was rape after months in therapy trying to come to terms with...	
 
	
	
		I was only 5 years old when these malicious things had happened to me. Things no child should ever have to experience. I am now 18 years old, an older sister, a mother, a daughter, an aunt, a wife, and yet still a human being. I say “human being” because,...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2017
        
        			My First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 and it was my second year in university. It was great, I lived in my new dorm with some really nice girls and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. It was December 19. I came out of an economics lecture and it was relatively late, it...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2018
        
        			My Own Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My brother was 15 and I was 14, we are 13 months apart. He wasn’t under the influence or anything, completely normal. I was an innocent child and to me I thought this was “normal”. At first it was just touchy feelings for awhile. But eventually, he raped me for...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2016
        
        			Speaking Up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped was by my ex boyfriend. We were living together at the time and he had a really big drug problem. I didn’t want to believe that a person I trusted would ever hurt me. After it happened several times and I started to be afraid to go...	
 
	
		
        			November 9th, 2017
        
        			Tulane Law
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a Junior. I lived in school housing and went to a party at a house 2 blocks from my room. I arrived and one of the guys who lived there asked me to come check out his CD collection. He got aggressive, pushed me against a wall, and...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2016
        
        			Not Remembering
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 8 years old my 16 year old cousin was my best friend. He would always be there for me and my other cousin. Except one day he took us out to his place while everybody was out. He had me and my cousin give him oral until...	
 
	
		
        			September 9th, 2017
        
        			Night walk at community center
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped at night off of a community center walkway. It’s 2 minutes from my house, and a pretty well-lit area near the road, but has dense trees. Not to be naive, but I feel like I just never thought something like that could happen to me. I just...	
 
	
		
        			February 26th, 2016
        
        			Stupid Coward
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It began when my mother re-married and I suddenly got an older step brother. At first, I was delighted to have a new family member since I’ve always been a single child. We got along pretty well and we were pretty close, he would take me to shopping or to...	
 
	
	
		I used to live in south Korea with my parents and my two brothers (one older and one younger). My older brother died when I was very young and my parents decided to migrate overseas for a fresh new start. When we first came to Australia, we settled in extremely...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			Being Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		With the help of God, I can finally write this down. I watched Brave Miss World the same year I confronted on of the men who raped me. This site has allowed me to find strength and solidarity among the words, the deeply respected and haunting stories of others who...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		מאיפה בכלל מתחילים לרשום את הסיפור שלי כשמרגישה שלא משנה כמה אני ירשום- זה פשוט לא יהיה מספיק. אני חיה בתוך הסוד הזה כבר שנים רבות- רבות מדי. אני בת 25, לאחרונה סיימתי את התואר הראשון שלי. למרות הכאב שאני חייה בחיי- לאורך השנים תמיד וידאתי שאת כל הכוחות שלי...	
 
	
		
        			May 30th, 2014
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola. Tengo 25. La primera vez que fue abusada sexualmente fue por mi abuelo, yo tenía 7 u 8 años, cuando él me llamó a su habitación y me preguntó que si yo sabía besar, y yo le dije que no. Desde ahí empezaron una serie de actos desagradables. Cada...	
 
	
	
		I used to live in south Korea with my parents and my two brothers (one older and one younger). My older brother died when I was very young and my parents decided to migrate overseas for a fresh new start. When we first came to Australia, we settled in extremely...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2017
        
        			“Me too” On Facebook
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Recently, there’s been a lot of people posting “me too” on social media. That statement is supposed to show others they’re not alone and reveal to the word the size of this epidemic. I can’t help but feel more alone each and every time I see a “me too” status....	
 
	
		
        			August 31st, 2016
        
        			Raped in College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 20 when I moved into my first apartment in college, I was date raped by my down stairs neighbor. I went to better myself with big thoughts of changing the world. I was drugged and raped by my down stairs neighbor. I tried to tell my best friend...	
 
	
		
        			November 3rd, 2015
        
        			Foreign City
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in London and travelling Europe with my best friend. One night in Soho these guys were buying us round after round to the point where I knew I was at my limit and tried to decline, with no success. As the night progressed, he’d take my hand and...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לינור יקרה, בלי שתדעי ליוות אותי בשנים הקשות שלי. נאנסתי במשך שנים וכשאת סיפרת את הסיפור שלך אני הייתי בת 13. נתת לי את הכוח לספר את הסיפור שלי ולבקש עזרה. היום- יותר מעשור אחרי… ואחרי טיפול ארוך שנים ואין בוף עליות וירידות אני גאה לומר- ניצחתי. אני חיה. נהנת...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2015
        
        			Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My friend had a brother who had a friend. I was only ten, he was already a teen. He was a jerk att first. One day, he pulled me aside to ask a question. Did I want to have sex wit him? I said no, and returned to my friend....	
 
	
	
		It happens when I just turned 14. It was summer day, I was playing on the playground with my best friend. We met two men – they were much older than us, but who cared – if anyone wanted to play, there wasn’t any problem – the playground was public...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2017
        
        			Freshman Year
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I go to a small college in the northeast, and my freshman year I was at a party at one of the sports team houses. It was only October, and I had a group of friends at school and all, but there was also a kid from my high school...	
 
	
		
        			January 21st, 2018
        
        			Be Aware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A girl I date recently came forward to me about 2 occurrences. I really don’t know how to feel about it all because she is a victim of rape but she also put herself in each situation it occurred. The summer after her freshman year of college she went to...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2015
        
        			My Modeling Experience
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am an Irish woman. A single mother to 3 amazing boys. I was 17 when I was raped. I had just started my modeling career in an agency here in Ireland. An aunt of mine was also in the agency at the time. I won a big competition here...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2018
        
        			Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Cuando tenia 5-6 años, no recuerdo la edad exacta, un primo mio de unos 17 años solia sentarme en sus piernas y frotarse sus partes conmigo. Nunca intentó tener relaciones conmigo pero fue algo que me afectó por años. No sabía si debía contarlo o no porque no sabía ni...	
 
	
		
        			April 28th, 2016
        
        			Bruises and Scars
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Honestly, I didn’t even know where to start, it took me 5 days to finish this and have some proof read to see if its okay. It was an ordinary night with friends when we decided to have some overnight. I thought we are all girls yet they brought their...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2018
        
        			Drunken rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I decided to get drunk for the first time ( my first semester in college), I tried to be wise and have friends watch over me. A male friend from my dorm offered to be my “guardian angel” for the night and make sure I didn’t get into too...	
 
	
	
		אוף ! ממש קשה לי לספר את זה כי לא מדברים על זה נכון? אבל כל כך רציתי להוציא את זה ממני שחיפשתי לא מעט עד שמצאתי את האתר שלך ששיתפת אותו בסרט. בעידודה של הבחורה שכתה את המדריך לנאנסת…-לא אהבתי את השם אבל זה רעיון נחמד. נשמע מוזר אבל...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2018
        
        			Sexually assulted by coworker
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Not long after I turned 16 I got a job at a grocery store. I had seen the guy before I met him and thought he was a very handsome guy. He worked in the produce section and was 19. Not long after working there he started talking to me,...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 6 years old my male cousin decided to steal my innocence and my livelihood. As a kid since I can remember myself I was fizzed and got beaten up in school. My life was hell and then when the sexual abuse started something died in me. I...	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2014
        
        			My Scars Do Not Define Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Walking home from the stables after a riding lesson, I was attacked. My hometown was an affluent beach town, the kind of place where nothing “bad” ever happened. Million dollar homes lined the neighborhood. I was 12 and hadn’t even kissed a boy yet. I didn’t know what was happening,...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2016
        
        			Can Anyone Help?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi fellow survivors. I’ve written on this forum a few times before trying to be encouraging to those who are struggling with post rape trauma and all the crap that comes with it, but I’m reaching out to you for support now. It’s been about 9 months since a stranger...	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2016
        
        			Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a survivor of childhood trauma, and while working toward recovery from this trauma, I was raped a couple months ago. Ironically, the assault happened while I was traveling and interviewing to work toward my exciting career goals. I gave clear messages to the man who raped me that...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			עדיין מציק
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		וואו אני לא יודעת מאיפה להתחיל עברתי 3 מקרים וזה עדיין מציק אני בת 31 אמא ל2 ילדי מקסימים כשהייתי בת בערך 15 ליוויתי את חברה שלי הבייתה דרך איזו סימטה מוארת לפתע שמענו שמישהו הולך אחרינו הגברנו את קצב ההליכה וגם הוא הגביר ומכיוון שאני הייתי הכי קרובה אליו...	
 
	
		
        			April 28th, 2016
        
        			My Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This story has a lot of layers to it so bare with me here. About 3 year ago I started dating this guy. He was nice and friendly and I wouldn’t expect anything less. A couple of weeks later this guy started to change from friendly to abusive. Spreading rumors...	
 
	
		
        			May 29th, 2014
        
        			Mi Historia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		hola tengo 38 años mi historia comienza cuando tenia 8 años mi padre murió y quedamos con mi madre en ese en toses vivíamos en el campo mi familia es numerosa somos 8 hermanos entre mujeres y hombre yo soy la numero 7 y mi hermana la numero 8 ella...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2017
        
        			Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Readers, I am anonymous for a reason that me revealing this story is a danger to my life. The reason for this is because the rapist is somebody with high power. They are the son of this (something). I don’t know. I just know that for a fact that...	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2016
        
        			Young and Unaware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 19 now and it took 4 years for me to process what had happened. I really only became aware of it 1 year ago. But when I was 14, I was dating a boy who was 17. I had lied about my age and he thought I was 15,...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			Read This Please
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		AS For those who’ve had a HORRID PAST Please I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ: DO NOT EVER THINK OF KILLING YOURSELF EVERRRR PLS DON’T DO IT! It does suck because the world today is messed up, Ignorant and seems we have no one left to trust That’s true but that...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2016
        
        			Victim No More
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child i grew up in an abusive household. My mother and father were both heavy substance users and I was exposed to a lot of violence ever since birth. Quite frankly, my rape was inevitable. I was only just 12 at the time, first year of high school....	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2018
        
        			I’ve survived sexual abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a kid I was a molested from the time I was 5 until 15. I married to leave my house. Got pregnant and divorced soon after. Then I found myself in a very controlling relationship. Found myself pregnant again which are lost that child due to a DUI driver...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2015
        
        			Bus Ride Of Missing Hope
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When Ii finally told someone, no one believed me. He was the good kid in class. They said he not like that. It was after school in 5th grade we had a sub bus driver because ours just had surgery. I was sitting in my set when I felt someone...	
 
	
		
        			December 15th, 2015
        
        			Stockholm
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 and I became friends with a girl who was 17 and about 6/7 months pregnant. She was a pathological liar who I found out came from a very messed up family. She took me on vacation with her two sisters, her oldest sisters boyfriend and her father....	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			If I Were Stronger Then
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		If I were stronger then, I would have left him after he sexually assaulted me in our mutual friend’s downstairs bathroom. I would have known that it was sexual assault. I would have told somebody. I wouldn’t have excused him by telling myself, “Hey, he could have inserted, but he...	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2017
        
        			Molested by Cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s starting to get hard to remember, but I’ll do my best to piece the story together. When I was young, maybe 6-8, I was very close with my second cousin who is two years younger. We would go up to his room, and I remember always being impressed because...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2014
        
        			Light In The Dark
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up hearing all the right information when it came to date rape, sexual assault and healthy relationships. My mother, my school and other sources were good at teaching me the facts about these realities. Even being equipped with the tools to be able to recognize these risks and...	
 
	
		
        			January 18th, 2016
        
        			One Bad Decision
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At fourteen I learned a valuable lesson. Being drunk means you are not in control of what might happen. It was a Saturday evening and I stayed at my friends house with her and one other friend. Let’s call them Jane and Mary. The plan want to have a camp...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2013
        
        			יש חיים אחרי אונס
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		שלום לכולן, אני בחורה חוזרת בתשובה מזה ארבע שנים .. בגיל 15 בערך עברתי אונס ע”י מציל .. שהיה באמצע שנות העשרים שלו.. לא הצלחתי לדבר שלוש עשרה שנים .. לא הצלחתי להגדיר לעצמי .. עברת עכשיו אונס .. אז שתקתי.. אבל הפצע לא מוכן להישאר בנפש ובגוף .. הוא...	
 
	
	
		I was doing well in school, and I was in ColorGuard and was a honor roll student than I met him. We started out as friends, we played video games together. Then we became good friends. I developed a likeness for him because he was the first male to ever...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2015
        
        			Growing Past Just Surviving
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in an abusive household with an alcoholic father. Our daytime seemed the perfect middle class, church going family where all was polite, well and peaceful. Our night times where a living nightmare. My father became a different man drunk. I grew up physically and sexually abused, although...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2017
        
        			I guess it was rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Took me 6 years before I told myself that I was raped. It was valentines day 2011 when I was with my boyfriend, I was with him for maybe 4 months by that time (just a dumb high school relationship). He always pressured me for sex, but I always told...	
 
	
		
        			May 13th, 2016
        
        			So Much Pain Its Overwhelming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m so overwhelmed with so much memory. I wish it would wash all of itself away. 6/7 violently molested by my 15 year old cousin, forced to give him oral. 8-12 manipulated into believing i would be in trouble if i told anyone. Everything was my fault. I was to...	
 
	
		
        			February 6th, 2017
        
        			I Said No
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		They made me do a module on sexual assault and harassment. I listened. I did it. I read 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted. I told myself it would never be me. I would never put myself in that situation. And then the storm came. I liked you...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Say Something
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My girlfriends and I were going out to a few bars on a Friday night to celebrate a birthday. We were all a little drunk, but no one was out of control. At the second bar, we met up with a few of our guy friends to keep the celebration...	
 
	
	
		When I was 13 years old I went to stay with a cousin and her husband. After being there a few weeks off and on the husband started getting close to me and i didnt understand why. One night he came into the room where I was sleeping acting like...	
 
	
		
        			May 19th, 2015
        
        			Shelter My Soul
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only 13 years old and I had run away from my home. Where my mother would beat me and drag me around the floor because I refused to understand her. I ran away and hitchhiked on the highway right before marathon, 7 mile bridge. A man stopped and asked me...	
 
	
		
        			March 22nd, 2016
        
        			New Years Eve Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened on mew years eve and i went to a party with my cousin chris and his girlfriend vanda. So when i got to the party there was so many liquor and then vanda asked me if i wanted any. i said no because i’m 16 then i said...	
 
	
	
		By BF and me went to drink beers at the Door to Hell, a cave in the woods(it might have a name, but that’s what we called it). Basically a private place for the kids to drink, and the homeless clean the clans for salvage cash. We all drank a...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2009
        
        			Thank you for speaking out…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to first of all, praise all the women who’ve shared their stories on this website. It is a brave thing to discuss a topic so horrific and traumatizing. Speaking from personal experience, I know what kind of strength and courage that is needed to do such a...	
 
	
		
        			June 19th, 2014
        
        			Silent Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I spent twenty years of my life with my ex husband, 16 of them engaged to him and 4 married to him, we had 3 children. He was a jealous, abusive husband who used to accuse me of sleeping with an ex boyfriend of mine but I never did. Seven...	
 
	
		
        			July 29th, 2016
        
        			Brother & Sister
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts at the age of 6. The worst part about it is not my age but the fact that I remember everything, every word and every moment of each attack is on replay in my mind driving me insane. So today I’m going to share every single detail...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2021
        
        			I just wanted to give him a...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On christmas, I went to my ex’s house to give him a surprise gift for christmas. I was having problems with our relationship, I’m on the ace-spec, and currently, we were only having sex, and not really doing anything else, at all. I went there with the intention to just...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2017
        
        			Black and Blue
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...	
 
	
		
        			October 28th, 2015
        
        			When I Was 8
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Between the ages of 7 1/2 and 9 1/2 I was continually molested by my step-brothers Robert Redwine (16-17) and Earl Redwine Jr. (18). These molestations escalated briefly to a one time event when I was 8. That’s when Robert attempted to penetrate me. He stopped when I cried out...	
 
	
	
		Mi hermano mayor abusaba de mi,me violaba,desde pequeño,yo tenía 7, 8, 9 años de edad,le decía a mis padres y no me hacían caso,decían que era para llamar la atención, pero en mis recuerdos esto no era así, lo tengo muy presente todo el tiempo,cuando tu e edad para confrontarlo,...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2014
        
        			Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Es la primera vez que hablo de ésto, el único que llego a saberlo ya está en el cielo cuidando de mi, mi amado abuelito…. Sucedió cuando era una niña, al comienzo no entendía que había ocurrido pero con el paso del tiempo lo entendí y ahora creo que muchas...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2014
        
        			Breaking the Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a bartender, and he was a regular. I thought he was handsome actually. He had that bohemian look that has always made my head turn. In fact, I had asked to meet him that night. Our date began at the bar, after my shift ended. We had a...	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2016
        
        			Despedida
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola soy una mujer de 31 años. Viví una situación muy confusa cuando era niña casi 9 o 10 años. Mis padres nos dejaban vacacional en la casa de mis abuelos que nos cuidaban, nos consentían con golosinas, ver televisión y jugar. Una tarde ya para llegar la noche nos...	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2016
        
        			My Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fourteen. I had spent the night with my Aunt and soon to be uncle. I was almost asleep on the couch downstairs when he came down and sat beside me. He began touching my butt and other areas. Eventually he stripped me down and started doing things to...	
 
	
		
        			March 16th, 2016
        
        			Started As a Child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was molested by my mother from the time I can remember (around age 5) until age 12. My father passed away when I was 3 and I never met him, so it was always just my mom and I. We lived with my grandparents in a separate wing of...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2014
        
        			הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		הייתי בת 19 באתי מבית דתי הכרתי אותו מבוגר ממני ב20 שנה הכיר לי את העולם החילוני , הכל אצלו היה מתוכנן הכניס אותי להריון והתחתנו עוד לא עיקלתי מה קרה לי אני כבר אמא כל הנישואים לא הבנתי למה הוא מכה וצועק ומתעלל פיזית ומינית תמיד אמר לי “את...	
 
	
	
		One day I was walking down the street at about 5 P.M., 15 days after my 15th birthday. At the time, I was in Mexico. A man rushed down the street, looked at me frantically, and said, “You’re in danger. Please come with me.” I followed him and eventually we...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2014
        
        			Dirty Whore
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was once innocent. But that part of me doesn’t exist anymore. When you’re raped you lose a piece of you in a sense. You find yourself left a different person with a broken spirit. I’m a shadow of the girl I use to be. Life is no longer safe and...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Impacted Forever
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a private duty nurse taking care of a very critical patient. I was very foolish and trusted the Son that lived in the home. He was very kind and caring. I had been working there for over 6.5 months. One day the Son and 2 friends came in...	
 
	
		
        			January 9th, 2017
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story began late June… I was sitting in my room by myself reading a book as usual since I didn’t have any friends left in the town i lived in. At age 17 most high-school girls are surrounded by friends but I kept my distance on people and who...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2014
        
        			Bringing the Stories to Light
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am so grateful for the bravery and commitment to change that Linor has demonstrated. When watching Brave Miss World I was moved by her courage. I have been in contact with Linor and the Brave Miss World team because I am also working toward ending the silence of rape...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2017
        
        			Trapped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know what to call it. Its been a rough year, my cousins lost his sister to suicide, & I know it shouldn’t be an excuse for why I let him do what he does to me. I thought the first time he took advantage of me was going...	
 
	
		
        			May 13th, 2016
        
        			Blamed Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was a year ago, I was out with my friend and when I drink vodka I tend to blackout, I don’t drink it anymore. So anyway I think I got kicked out of the club for being too intoxicated and I lost my friend and I remember seeing this...	
 
	
		
        			October 29th, 2015
        
        			Nobody Knows
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Nobody knows this because I have always kept this to myself. This is the first time someone will hear not only one but two of my stories. My boyfriend doesn’t know how horrible it actually was but he knows I had past abusive relationships. First time it happened was when...	
 
	
		
        			January 21st, 2018
        
        			Be Aware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A girl I date recently came forward to me about 2 occurrences. I really don’t know how to feel about it all because she is a victim of rape but she also put herself in each situation it occurred. The summer after her freshman year of college she went to...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Multiple Rapes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dad’s dad grabs my breast and french kisses me when I am 11, 12 years old. Dad lifts me up above his head and drops me on the ground breaking my ribs and gets on top of me and won’t get off until I threaten to tell mom age 14....	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2017
        
        			Short Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Skipping the details, my first High School boyfriend got tired of going slow, and forced himself on me during a date. I told most of my friends that it happened. Forewarned, on dates, two of my close friends were wary of him, and avoided the same fate. At least, breaking...	
 
	
		
        			June 11th, 2025
        
        			Just Words
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just words. You have trouble talking about these things. You realize you have trouble talking about a lot of things. You remember being excited about your first job at Dairy Queen. One of your friends works there and you know a lot of people work there as a summer job....	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			En Enero de 2010
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		No se como contar algo que todavia duele, que todavia me mata un poco cada día. En enero de 2010 fui violada por un hombre que no consigo acordarme de su rostro, pero si de su voz y ese recuerdo me acopaña hasta ahora. Mis padres nunca supieron de nada,...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2015
        
        			75 Percent Humidity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You never want to be the person who admits to being raped twice, but I’m that woman. It was at college and I was a virgin. The assailant’s family had a lot of money and were well connected. He was never prosecuted. The second time, I blamed myself because who...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2016
        
        			I Didn’t See It In Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m just some normal person. That’s what I always think of myself. I have a guy who loves me, and has never hurt me. My best friend, on the other hand, didn’t get the best experience with her boyfriend. Everything went pretty ok with them at first, but I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			May 3rd, 2018
        
        			It is not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One day I was in school and I decided to hang out with a couple of friends. We decided to ditch class and have some fun. We were all A students and decided to take a break from out class. We decided to go into the basement and just hangout...	
 
	
		
        			March 31st, 2016
        
        			Shout Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abused by my own father throughout my childhood until I was 13. He did stuff to me and groomed me to do more and more sexual things to him. As I got older he told me that ‘we’ would be in trouble if anyone found out, that...	
 
	
		
        			August 26th, 2015
        
        			He Was a Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A few months ago I met a guy called Josh, He was knew to my town. Being a friendly person I befriended him, began to trust him. We hung out a lot at his flat along with other friends there. One night everyone went home I decided to stay a...	
 
	
	
		On the 1st January years ago I woke up in a strangers house. My bag was missing and I had very little recollection of the previous night. I was only 18, and had been looking forward to my first legal NYE celebrations with my friends. I had honestly no idea...	
 
	
		
        			April 18th, 2015
        
        			Never Going To Happen To Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After a year of constant abuse and rapes I couldn’t get out of bed no matter how much I wanted to leave. I had no job, no car, 6 pets, no money, no food and no home. Leaving seemed to be a luxury, not an option at the time. It...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			My Step Brother Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started when I was 8. At the time I didn’t know what he was doing. He would come in my room when my parents went to the store to get groceries. It went on till I was about 9 or 10. As I grew older I started to realize...	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2014
        
        			Six Years of Denial
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After six years, I am finally allowing myself to acknowledge that I was raped. The rapist was someone who I had recently became close friends with. It happened after a dinner party at his apartment, after everyone left. I was so shocked and confused I didn’t even realize what was...	
 
	
		
        			January 23rd, 2015
        
        			So Now What?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Upon finding this site, all I have to say is I believe that in this world there is only one solution to rape, pedophiles, and all that nasty shit that goes on, and that is death. Those filthy rats that are human cannot be forgiven, and for those who oppose...	
 
	
		
        			July 29th, 2015
        
        			It Was My Fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My Ex-Male Best Friend Took Advantage Of Me And I Blame Myself. We Were Best Friends. He Was Always There For Me. I Loved Him But That Good Is Now In Vain. He Went Behind My Back With My Ex Female Best Friend And They Began Dating. We Didn’t Speak...	
 
	
	
		I was about 16 the first time it happened. I didn’t know the guy, but my mom was dating him so I thought I could trust him. The first time we met, he wanted to see my backside in the swimsuit I was wearing to go to the pool at...	
 
	
		
        			January 31st, 2017
        
        			CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago, I was a happy excited 20 year old looking forwards to an evening with her life long best mate. If only I knew less than 12 hours later my world would be turned completely upside down. We were getting ready for an evening in the local town,...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2018
        
        			I Was Raped By An Stranger
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by a stranger. I was going home from the store, when I heard a noise in my backseat. I attempt to look back and there he was with a knife telling me to stop the car. I stopped the car And he put the knife around my...	
 
	
		
        			December 3rd, 2014
        
        			Never Seemed Worth Telling
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		To begin, when I was young I developed a terrible maladaptive coping skill of cutting my skin to relieve anything that gave me stress or upset. I began in 6th grade and clearly suffered from some sort of mental illness that gave me extremely low self esteem and self worth....	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			Twenty Years of Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was twelve. I hadn’t become a woman yet as mother nature was not ready, I was not ready. My family needed a horse trainer for our paso fino horses. We met a man, age 26, that was working at another farm a about two hours away. He began training...	
 
	
		
        			February 25th, 2015
        
        			Drugged and Gang Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The guy I met, I thought was a nice guy. Very undercover, nice, seemed genuine. I met him, he was walking a baby Pitbull. I have a passion for these dogs, rescued some, and have one myself. I invited him to come to visit me, as I had not been...	
 
	
		
        			November 2nd, 2017
        
        			On the Way Home
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at a friend’s party last night, not real wild, not a lot to drink, no boys worth picking up, but fun to hang. I went to go home, and I was not real drunk, but they wouldn’t give me my keys back. I went to walk home, which...	
 
	
		
        			March 22nd, 2015
        
        			Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a young girl, I was molested by my mother’s boyfriend son. I thought it was okay to let a little boy play down there, but then later on in life it was not. At the age of 16, I was walking home and saw these guys walking up behind...