Thanks for this. I've definitely come to recognize that some of my encounters with my first boyfriend were coercive/borderline sexual assault, and I've been dealing with that. But you think that growing up with a sort of paranoia around sexual assault is normal––or at least, not necessarily indicati...

For as long as I can remember, I have been triggered by descriptions or depictions of rape and sexual assault. I remember reading a non-graphic narrative about molestation (I was probably 10-12 years old) and being unable to sleep for a long time. The idea of rape has always terrified me. I've been ...