As fresh as if the attack were happening now

"As a survivor of multiple sexual assaults in adolescence and young adulthood, I can attest to this — no matter how many years pass, no matter how many wonderful and consensual sex partners I meet, I can still remember the sensation of bone-crunching fear, of flying up and out of my body into a place beyond terror, as fresh as if the attack were happening now."

- kai cheng thom