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My story of sexual assault.

Whitney
Whitney
Nov 6 · 5 min read

“So often survivors have had their experience denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was his fault.”

I’ve struggled on when and if I would ever share this. If I decided to share it, I did not want it to come from…

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