I was assaulted several times by my high school boyfriend. I only realised I was assaulted last year, and memories from other times keep arising. I have PTSD but I haven’t told anyone besides my mom. My mom and his mom are good friends, so I haven’t reported anything or told him off because his mom won’t believe me, even though she still treats me like a daughter. I was close to telling her this summer, but I didn’t feel like it was my place. It got to a point this summer where I wanted to message a guy I had a crush on for a while and thank him for not taking advantage of me when he easily could have. I guess I’m not used to being treated like a human being. 

-Anonymous