For a long time, I tried to “bounce back.” I tried to be okay, to look okay, to perform okay. But the performance kept me disconnected from my own healing. It kept me small. It kept me silent.

If you've been carrying the weight of sexual trauma — in silence, in shame, in the relentless hope that one day you'll feel like yourself again — I need you to hear this first: healing is not only possible. It is your birthright.