by Sarah Beaulieu | Sep 11, 2012 | Survivor Perspectives
Trigger Warning: This post contains a personal story about rape. I was 17 and he was my friend. We were having sex – my first time – and I wanted to stop. I said, Can we stop? He said, But I didn’t come yet. I said, But it really hurts. Silence....
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 12, 2012 | Survivor Perspectives
“You understand yourself so well, why are you here?” It was the beginning of my freshman year of college when the therapist I had been seeing for a couple of months asked me this question. I was silent for a moment and finally responded, “Because I...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jun 4, 2012 | Survivor Perspectives
I’ve referenced telling my story for BARCC in previous posts but haven’t actually told it here. This is the 5-minute version I tell at speaking engagements. Obviously, condensing a 25-year journey into 5 minutes is no easy challenge, but here it is: When I...
