Luna

I think that's kind of a decision that nobody is really prepared to have to make, especially since I spent a lot of my life really protected.

I never thought that that would happen to me.

When I walked away from talking to my RA, I felt like there were some options for me in terms of how I wanted to move forward.

But it was still kind of overwhelming at that point, so I didn't really know what to do.

There was a huge part of me that didn't want to tell my family because I felt like I did something wrong.

I think that's the big underlying theme.

For a really long time, I felt like it was something that I did that allowed that to happen to me.

And maybe if I had done things differently, then it wouldn't have happened to me.

By telling my parents, that would mean that I would have to admit my own faults.

Looking back, I realized that that was just not the case.

It was challenging.

I had never really talked to my parents about anything like sexual in my life.

I mean, we have a great relationship, but that was a difficult subject and it was really hard to find the right way to bring it up, especially since it was only a Sunday night.

And if I waited the entire week, then I wouldn't have told her until Friday when I got home.

I talked to my roommate about it.

I told her, I really feel like I should say something to my mom because maybe my mom will know if I need to go get help or not because I was injured.

And I didn't really know if I was going to get an infection or if I was going to get worse or if there was something seriously wrong.

And then I'm going to have to tell her later down the line.

At that point, I wasn't thinking about the legal aspect of it at all.

I wasn't thinking about the police.