Luna

I haven't really said that out loud.

But I had acute stress disorder right after it happened.

And then my symptoms lasted for like six months or so.

So then I fell into the PTSD category.

This past October was actually two years since it happened.

And the one year anniversary of the assault, I was in the hospital.

I was having chest pain and all kinds of somatic physical symptoms.

So I went to the ER.

This year, I actually spent it with my friends and we went hiking together.

We had a really good day.

I'm seeing somebody new.

So that's been really refreshing to have somebody meet me after this part of my life has happened in this new mindset that I have with these new coping skills that I have.

I'm doing really well in school.

I'm almost in my second semester of my junior year.

I have a really good job.

I have an amazing group of friends.

I've made so many more friends since this has happened.

And I've realized throughout this whole entire experience that talking about it

helps so much more than I ever would have thought.

I feel like if I don't talk about it, it just sits inside of me and I want to get it out because when I get it out, it's not my problem anymore.