Freshman year of college. So many "news" I don't even know where to begin. How about a new boy. I'd never had a boyfriend, never kissed a...

When I was 19, I was sexually abused by a boyfriend. I learned rather quickly in the weeks following the abuse that for me, the initial...

I knew something was different about this pain because I felt too ashamed to tell anyone about it. All my life, I’ve been just about the...

Oftentimes the psychological damage is the worst. Not only is your body violated, but so is your mind. For years I worked on trying to...

Sometimes I think about killing myself. Partly because of what you have done to me. "I'm too smart for that,” I tell myself, As if...

I was never raped, but I could've been. I'm deciding to write about it here because I love the idea of people coming together and sharing...

I was nearly twenty years old, and you were my friend. It was supposed to be a night to remember, but I never saw the many nights before...

One of the saddest things I have ever experienced is being a "hit and run." One of the saddest things I've ever seen is watching friends...

He held me. He caressed me. He knew me. He cared about me. But then he didn't. Then he remembered that he wanted more, & so he acted on...

I kept having nightmares. Truly vivid horrifying nightmares. I would find myself out of breath, screaming, sweating, and realized that I...

My first memory of what happened is from when I was six years old. I was at their house, the house my mom always took me to. She would...