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25 Questions After It Happened
What sexual assault made me wonder
2 min readDec 9, 2021
- Has it been my fault?
- Why did he do this to me?
- Why did I trust him?
- Will people believe me?
- How do I go on and pretend that I am okay?
- Is it my fate to be disrespected and used by men?
- Could I have seen this coming?
- Why didn’t he stop?
- Does he feel bad for what he did?
- Will he do it again?
- It could have been way worse, right?
- When will my body feel like it is mine again?
- Should I call myself a victim of sexual assault or a survivor? Neither?
- Will I be able to get aroused and enjoy sex again?
- How much of my story should I share?
- Will people blame me for what happened?
- Will I stop blaming myself?
- Will he ever understand what he did and the extent to which he violated my body and my soul?
- Would this have happened if I had stronger boundaries?
- Why wasn’t it enough to say “No”? Did he not care?
- Did he truly think I wanted this?
- How do I trust men again?
- Do I need to forgive him? Do I want to? Can I?
- Will this be the last time that I say “Me too”?
- Who is gonna be the next one who will say it?
