I can relate to that too.. definitely. A recurrent and almost constant theme in my writing since my teens has been rape. Which is very odd to me. I was never raped, so I don't know why this always seems to happen in my writing. I do often have other abuse going on my stories - violence and incest - that is similar to things that did happen to me... but I don't understand this urge to always have rape scenes. Perhaps it's a subconscious fear? Or maybe it has something to do with me having frequent dreams in which I am raped.

Today in therapy we talked quite a bit about my teen years. Coincidentally, we got on the topic because I was talking about my writing. My first book was based very loosely off when I ran away as a teen - so we got to talking about that experience.