... Well.
I was initially going to post some nonsense about feeling nostalgically sad at reading posts from some of the old friends from here. I found my shades post, so that's nice.
I also read through WD's goodbye once again, a ritual I seem to undertake about once every half a year, and Duke's been missing since Feb.
But rather than 'things that made you depressed today', I'm considering it 'things that gave you perspective today'.
Vector, you can obviously tell that everyone here is willing to go through fire in order to help you through this, or empower you against it.
Rape is a word so deeply rooted in the stigma of fear and hate that even I felt an unconscious urge not to type it. But the more we hide it and tuck it away, the more ugly it gets.
Like Morley, someone dear to me went through a similar ordeal, and only after hearing about it was I fully aware of the implications.
I'm not writing this to bring up any sore memories, but to let you know that whilst I may never know what damage has been caused, physically or mentally, I along with everyone else here (Edit: Aside from one random individual) am on your side. I sincerely hope that the sympathy, empathy and understanding reciprocated back hits you deep in your heart, like a big metaphorical platonic unconditional bullet.
... That was not perfect imagery.
Nevertheless- like all of the others, I'm here to talk if you wish. Whilst I'm universally terrible with tact, the least I can give is sympathy and knowledge.