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Sexual Assault Survivors Support

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. I tell myself that every morning while I watch the sunrise.

Reply to Helen Reddy (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 08:53 AM

Mar 2013

In my mind I've always known that.
It's the damage to my self esteem that needs repair regularly by me.
I was 50 before I stopped hating my mother. Mother's Day hurts me again every year.
I've been through too much with too little support.
I cannot let that happen to anyone else.
To condone the behavior of rape culture and slut shaming is to support it.
This must stop! Now!

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In my humble opinion...I'm going to say something very radical... [View all] Chalco Mar 2013 OP

Yes, but there is nuance to being in the wrong when raped...there is the clothing..the drinking angstlessk Mar 2013 #1

I think it helps some of them LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #2

I have been open about having been raped since within an hour of it happening. Ms. Toad Mar 2013 #3

Some of us do better not telling everyone. Ilsa Mar 2013 #4

Thank you for your thread of power. It isn't easy for me to speak of my abuse. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #5

{{{{In_The_Wind}}}} Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #6

I tell myself that every morning while I watch the sunrise. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #7

Hey... talkingmime Mar 2013 #8

But not every victim is as strong as you are. pnwmom Dec 2014 #9

in silence we can loose our perspective olddots Jan 2015 #10