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129 - Doug (United States) |
 My name is Doug. When I was 14 I was raped by a "family friend". I was young, weak and frightened. I didn't want anyone to know what had happened. I tried to tell my parents that I didn't want to go back to the place this happened, but I wouldn't say why. I think I finally told my older brother or sister that this man had tried something but I wouldn't give any details. My parents found out and told me I wouldn't have to go back there... but I still never told anyone the extent of what had happened. It is now 24 years later and this secret, this demon, has finally come out. I was forced to face what happened to me or I may have become like the monster that raped me. Luckily it didn't come to that. I am now getting help and learning to deal with what happened to me and my own issues in the present. I think not talking about it, not dealing with it at the time it happened made things so much worse. I had all of this fear, hatred and pain bottled up inside of me... but I pretended my life was fine. It is finally out and I'm no longer ashamed. I can heal and be the man I want to be.
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