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When I was raped, he and I shared many of the same friends. I was shamed from telling anyone what happened except a small few who were with me when I reported. The administration (my rape occurred in a university dorm) told him to block me on facebook and not to speak to me anymore. I think I...

I want to love my body, however it is also a source of my self-blaming for my rape. My rapist knew me when i was 250# and attacked me years later when I had lost 4 dress sizes. As I got smaller, I would get more street harassment and further scared me and made me believe thAt physical fitness...

The problem I have with swearing is the judgment I experience from those around me after I say anything. It's how I cope with bits of my frustration because physical outbursts were shamed in my childhood home and being violent scares me, making me think I'm no better than my abuser.

I feel like I'm cycling from frustration, feelings of being a burden, and apathy. I'm a warm, caring person normally. I hate when this comes over me. I just want to lay in bed and zone out to avoid my stressors.

I have mixed feelings about hugs. I used to get them from friends before my trauma, but betrayal from friends and my former best friend as my abuser really shunt that stream of good feelings from that contact. Now it's a problem in my family because they want to hug and feel rejected personally...

I had ADA accommodations in grad school begin the spring of my first year. I thought it was helpful to have when I began realizing although I wanted to be there, the social environment thought I was lazy due to the way I coped with my symptoms. At first it felt odd waiting for the prof to pass...