Jamies Story Page05
on November 21, 2011 at 12:01 amLast page of this kind of thing, next update on thursday will be talking about Alex.
Just wanted to say thank you to all those who shared their stories in the comments on Thursday. I’m honoured that you felt you could.
This page. Just… this whole page. This means so much to me right here. The fact that Jamie’s saying it ‘isn’t your fault even if you didn’t say no or even liked it’.
This happened to me, last year, and I’ve told no one, because I thought ‘it’s been too long for someone to even believe me, or I didn’t say no or fight him and I wanted it at the time.’ …Or at least I wanted somebody to love me.
I’ve felt disgusting, but hearing this makes me feel so much better about myself, and less… dirty.
Thank you, Tab Kimpton.
I heard about this comic a few months ago and have since read every single issue in its entirety. I have to say, Jamie’s is by far my favorite. I don’t know if Tab’s writing has matured or what, but I got all choked up reading this page. That rarely happens. “Inadequate, but all I can say is what people have never said to me. That it isn’t your fault. That even if you didn’t say no, or didn’t fight, or even liked some of it, that it was wrong and it shouldn’t have happened to you. I’m telling you this because no one ever talks about the guilt. The shame. Or the over powering fear that you’ll become like the person who did this to you. A rapist yourself.”
It killed me. It. Killed. Me.
Thank you.
All I can say is thank you. This is exactly what people who have been abused need to be told. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you so much. I cried like a little girl again reading this page. I’ve always been scared.