Miranda

I hadn't made any decisions about whether or not I was actually going to file with the university or not, but I knew that I probably was going to do something someday because not being in school had given me all this time to reflect on what really happened.

And so

I screenshot it and kept it because I was like, I think I'm going to need this at some point.

In November, I broke my leg.

I couldn't walk for three months.

By the time that I could start walking, it was March of 2020 and COVID had happened.

So I had had six months of walking.

reflection to really be alone with my thoughts, which was at the time really difficult.

In that timeframe, I was seeing everything through a new eye.

Finally, being able to realize that I had experienced such a manipulative level of abuse was really difficult to process, and I had to do it by myself.

I had an excellent support system but no one knew.

I sought out therapy which I think saved my life in a lot of ways.

I had an excellent therapist at the time and when I started going to therapy I just went and sobbed

For a full hour, it took a lot of courage to even be able to tell this stranger about what happened.

I think it took several sessions before I was really able to express why I was there in the first place.

I then decided that I wanted to file a Title IX complaint against him.

I didn't go to therapy with the intention of filing anything.

I went with the intention of trying to make it better.

I filed my Title IX through the university.

It was official and it was with the director of employee relations.