Would you be able to wait a whole year

rape and sexual abuse surveys indicate that more people hide it than report it or talk about it. Some their entire lives. A year isn't that long in the realm of rape trauma.


"Kristen, p***y to the wood. *beep* your guitar!" - Joan Jett rehearsing The Runaways @HereComesSun86

I saw on the TV show Intervention there was a drug addict that was over 50 years old and he was just now telling his family that he had been raped when he was a kid. He basically kept it a secret his whole life. It was the saddest thing.

I told 2 weeks after it happened but not so much by choice. I had to tell because I was in shock, having outbursts and lashing at people for no reason- my family had already guessed it happened to me because of that and my complete change in personality- I wouldnt talk and wanted to be alone all of the time. Had it been my choice, I would had taken it to my grave.

I don't think so, I'd probably say something as soon as it happened, get the cops involved and catch that bastard before he hurts someone else. At least that's what I think I'd do, but I don't know how I'd really react to being attacked.

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That was longer than a heartbeat!

When I was 15, I was almost raped by my boyfriend at the time. I was very lucky to get away. It took me 3 years to finally tell someone, I was just traumatized by the whole thing, and felt so ashamed for almost letting it happen, and I thought I was to blame for it, and that if I had told someone they wouldn't have believed me. Here I am now 27, and I wish that I had reported it all those years ago.

yes. saying it out loud makes it real whereas saying nothing allows you to believe that you're making it up, imagined it, or whatever- it minimizes it. that being said, it is extremely important to talk about but a lot of abused women don't. i'd like to think i would report it right away, but no one can really know how they'd react to somehting like this.

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