Safehaven

“She practices being herself every day. Having to shed the layers of other identities took time. She even lost friendships. She couldn’t fill their egos anymore. When you focus on yourself, and love yourself, some relationships have to go.”

Me pretending I wasn’t bawling my eyes out

“Living with anxiety is like being followed by a voice. It knows all your insecurities and uses them against you. It gets to the point when it’s the loudest voice in the room. The only one you can hear.”

“boys will be boys-”

“she shouldn’t have put herself into a dangerous situation-”

“She didn’t say no” 

“she shouldn’t have been dress like-”

“it wasn’t rape. they’re married-”

“but he’s a guy. men can’t get raped-”

“those poor boys-”

“she’s ruined their lives-”

“if it really happened then why didn’t she say something befor-?

“she’s just looking for attentio-”

“she must have led him on-”

“she was asking for it-”

“she’s a slut”

“he was drunk. he didn’t know what he was doin-”

“she should have known better-”

“she brought it on herself-”

“stop overreacting, it could have been worse-”

“they can’t change their mind half way through-”

“she should’ve fought back”

“he’s too young to go to prison”

“she shouldn’t have provoked him-”

“he made a mistake, he’s sorry and won’t to it agai-”