Lots of stuff to post about...

[mimea]

So little time to do it! :) I'm still working on a full Otakon report, so I should have that up next update. Suffice to say, despite getting lost and feisty coolers, it was a fantastic trip! I really needed it, and I had more fun this year than last

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[scottmatthew]

**Hugs Tightly** Glad you had a great time at Otacon...I'll see you later on, we'll need to exchange convention notes! :)

[mimea]

*HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS him back* And I'm glad you had such an awesome time at the Gathering! Yes, we must compare notes! :) Don't know my schedule for next week. This week is all icky (I dislike late shifts pfft).

[evilpuppy]

I tossed around whether or not to openly add myself to that list for a while after I saw it, but I finally realized that I was doing the same thing I'd done when I was a kid. The whole "stigma" attached to sexual violence and that fear of being attacked just for being a victim. My family doesn't know it happened either, and circumstances surrounding what did made it even easier to think that no one would believe it. Or worse, that they'd use it as more fuel for the divorce, and in my mind ten years ago, that was just unacceptable

[mimea]

*nods* You don't know how close I was to just deleting the whole thing after I finished typing it out. You put it so well "fear of being attacked for being a victim". That, and the accompanying fear of being rejected by everybody because it happened, and that somehow it really was your fault when it wasn't... Yeah. *shaky smile*

I'm rooting for you! There was a time I bottled up EVERYTHING inside, myself. I've made several improvements on that, and I think this is the next step I needed. I've found it is easier to get closer to others when you do share what you're feeling, no matter how negative or terrible. Because those who truly care about you, love you flaws and all. :)

It helped me so much, seeing that it happened to others that I love and respect. *huggles* I think I can finally feel the mental scar tissue starting to heal. Because someone else who went through this understands. And I'm hoping spreading the word will help *others* who have been too ashamed/scared to speak up.