I had multiple sexual assault perpetrators throughout my childhood. My main abusers lived in my home with me. Unspeakable things were done to me for 20 years.
I had no feasible way out. And then came college. This was the first time I was free. Once I remembered all the abuse, I could begin to see clearly my life no longer needed to be full of abuse.
I now had choices and I could choose to no longer be trapped by them. Needless to say, with student loans and my parents paying for a very expensive private college, I did not want to lose the opportunity to stay there, so I had come to terms with a compromise.
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