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Sexual Assault Survivors Support

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one_voice

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Fri Mar 22, 2013, 02:28 PM Mar 2013

My brother... [View all]

My brother was my biggest comfort after my assault. Strange as it may sound, it was my brother.

We didn't talk about it at all back then. He was just there. He would come and sit next to me when I was upset, just sit and hold my hand. We wouldn't talk or wouldn't try and tell me it would be ok, he was just there.

He would show as school let out and pick me and take me to the movies or to the mall. He was trying to keep my mind occupied, I guess. I think I would have had a much harder time if I didn't have him. I'm so grateful that I had/have him.

I had girlfriends that I was with all the time, but the person that helped me the most, made me feel the safest was my brother. I don't mean safe as in no one would hurt me again--well there was that--I mean safe in I didn't need to explain how I was feeling, it was ok to just sit and be quiet with myself. I was ok. He did that for me.

We're only 14 months apart so we've always been very close, but after that, everything changed.

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My brother... [View all] one_voice Mar 2013 OP
{{{{one_voice}}}} Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #1
You are so lucky to have someone to care... angstlessk Mar 2013 #2
I'm so sorry that happened to you. one_voice Mar 2013 #3
Love is all. MichiganVote Mar 2013 #4
At the time mine happened, I only told one person LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #5
Dern...to have someone to lean on...but is it over for you? angstlessk Mar 2013 #8
It's been 15 years LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #10
I'm glad you had him. FedUpWithIt All Mar 2013 #6
Oh, one voice! Sissyk Mar 2013 #7
It's wonderful that you were not always alone. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #9
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