XPost: alt.support.depression, talk.rape   
   From: ramblinin@yahoo.com.au   
      
   Brandy Pilat wrote:   
   > Four years ago, my brother Michael raped me.  I have never been able   
   > to tell anyone until now.  Since then my life has spiraled downhill,   
   > I've not been able to keep a relationship and recently my girlfriend   
   > Susan left me, whicdh I am feeling was the final straw.  I could just   
   > go in the garage and turn the car on right now, I don't know what   
   > else there is to live for.   
      
   Have you told anyone else about the rape, ie a counsellor? Have you told the   
   authorities or anyone in your family? Because you need to get this out in   
   the open and deal with it, which is easier said than done, I know.   
   Killing yourself is not an option. Living for yourself and bringing some   
   closure into your life about what your brother did to you is.   
      
   --   
   Regards Lee   
      
   Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of   
   enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill   
      
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