My Assault Story
I am a 14 year old girl, for the past year I have carrying the burden of trauma due to my sexual assault. When I was 11-12 I was friends with a guy called Sam. We would talk and hang out quite a lot. One day, me and two of my closest friend were doing a group project with Sam and two of his friends. Most of the time Sam and his friends were making jokes that I'd laugh at because they were funny at that point. Nearer the end of the day I just wanted to finish the project, so I tried to type something that had to do with the topic we were researching but they took the keyboard away from me and continued to make jokes.
I gave up trying to work, and then suddenly I realised that Sam was standing behind me, he reached over, I assumed to grab the mouse but his hands stayed grabbing my waist. I elbowed him off but he kept trying to reach for my waist. He had his hands on my waist and kept trying to move his hands down, I kept trying to elbow him off but he wouldn't stop.
Luckily, the bell rang and he walked away I ran to my two close and told them about the incident. They took me to the principal teacher, she had asked me if I was sure that's what happened. Basically to make a long story short she gave me into more trouble for laughing at the jokes when I was supposed to be working, than she gave Sam for sexually assaulting me.
@wittyBunny585
In this past year, Sam's friend who was in the group with us, calls me a 'grass' and always says to me that 'Sam did nothing'. I still have memories of the event and I still have about 2 'breakdowns' a month about it. The ordeal has given me bad anxiety and trust issues, I hope that one day God can give me the strength to forgive Sam. But not yet. I'm glad that I can get help through this app. So thank you, 7 Cups.
@wittyBunny585 Thank you for standing up and letting your voice be heard, you are very strong for doing so. Although your former friends may not see things quite the way you do, they don't understand just how deep having our security and control taken away can hurt us. Some don't understand how having our boundaries violated, being put in the spotlight and made fun of, nor being molested, can cause us deep harm. Again, I'm so sorry you experienced this attack, but speaking out is a very big step to healing. I hope you can find your way back to feeling safe. 