Because of the current political climate, I have trouble saying I was sexually assaulted. About two years ago I came to terms with the fact that I had been (I was in heavy denial because at the time I had loved him) and it took getting away from him and cutting all ties for me to realize the wrongness of what he had done to me.

But now I'm afraid to call it assault because of being afraid that people will try to say I'm crying wolf, which I guess in my mind is worse than anything else... I never even called it sexual assault when I told the story to my now fiance.