I was sexually abused as a teeneager by an older male "friend." At the time I didn't recognize it as such and only marked it down as yet another of the crazy experiences in my life and tried to pretend it never happened.

I've never felt it was something I needed counseling for, but, in the sum of all things, I have to say that now I am very angry about it for how it DID affect me even if I pretended it hadn't.

Looking back I can see that it was typical of my behaviour in those days to nearly kill myself and act as if nothing bad had happened. How on earth did I ever survive? Glad I can say that was then and this is now.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall." Confucius