Hi. 18 yrs ago I was sexually assaulted n I was held hostage in my home by this guy. N I'm n guy as well. He threatened myself my family n my friends if I ever ever told any1ne what he was doing to me. I had thought of turning him in but I was scared. I also felt hopeless n worthless w this whole situation n I wanted to give up. I thought of taking my life back then because I felt like I was in n no win situation n I thought I could not get help others knew that something bad was going on with me but they could not figure out what to do to help me out of my situation. This went on for n month. Then 1ne nite in July my rapist kept me up the whole evening practically n he did not go to bed that nite til about 4am so after he went to sleep I went outside to smoke n shake in terror. I was ready to give up hope. I sat up outside the rest of the nite then in morning n friend w n car stopped by n she found me shaking in fear but not saying anything so she loaded me up into her car n took me to where she worked n had me meet w her boss who I told what was going on with me she called the cops n my friend to me to the er where they did n rape kit on me n I got interviewed by the police n my rapist was then arrested. Now I have n current restraining order against him n I feel safer