Trauma Doesn’t Go Away

Even with years of counseling

Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash

When I was a young girl, not even out of high school, I had my first non-consensual sexual experience.

He was a friend of a friend’s. I was in a house I usually felt safe. It had been a bad evening. I was willing to make out with him. I went to his room. He was handsome. I had just had a very bad day and needed a pick me up. This man was attracted to me and it made me…