Nobody’s Saying It.

Sexual Trauma. 

Even just the mention of that word made you squirm in your seat a little, huh? 

The reality is that someone you know has been touched by this terrible reality. Maybe you were the survivor.  Maybe you know someone who was the victim. 

We are taught to “hush” about such things—as if being the victim of a crime is somehow something to be ashamed of. 

Society can easily judge a path they have never traveled. 

Our silence around this topic is likely due to the discomfort experienced by those AROUND the victim— not the victim themself. 

While being forced to shove the trauma deep down into themselves— expected to “Get Over It.” So the survivors carry their scars in the darkness, swallowing the pain in the name of conformity. 

Fuck that. 

Silence is for the guilty.

If your pain causes someone else pain, that doesn’t mean you should keep it hidden to save their feelings. 

Society has clipped the tongues of the innocent to keep the bystanders comfortable.

Surviving sexual trauma is life-changing in a way that only those touched by it can understand. If your truth makes them shift in their seats—let them. If your healing requires you to tell your story over and over again— tell it. And if you’re one of the lucky readers who hasn’t been touched by the flames of this inferno of injustice—be thankful this isn’t your story. 

Survivors are not guilty.

Their stories are not pretty.

Honor them by changing the way society helps them heal. 

Survivors shouldn’t burn in the darkness to keep the world from getting too hot.