Dear all rape and sexual assault survivors,

I know you've heard it time and time again but it's not your fault.

I know you think you could have prevented it.You could have wore something different that night or not gone to the party. Not drank so much or accepted the drink from that one person you didn't know. You could have not gone into the room alone with them or accepted a ride home, I know... I know all the things that keep running through your mind, things you could have changed, things you could have don't differently but you have to remember that it's not your fault.

You did nothing wrong.

You didn't ask for this to happen to you and in no way did you deserve it.

You cannot blame yourself for becoming a victim, after all, it wasn't your choice.

You cannot blame yourself for living your life thinking people are naturally good because they are, my dear, you were just subjected to one of the few bad ones.

You cannot blame yourself for someone else's sick mind because you were not the ones who wired them differently.

You cannot blame yourself for trusting someone who's sole intentions were to get you to trust them just to take something from you because there was no way for you to have seen that coming.

You cannot blame yourself at all, my dear, because you were not wrong in this - you were the one being wronged and you have to fight back.

You are not dirty or broken.

You are still beautiful and whole as you were the day you were born.

You are just as lovable as you were before and you always will be, my dear.

And I know what you're feeling right now.

You're probably feeling alone, vulnerable, or even depressed and you have every right to. Someone has taken a piece of you that frankly will never be able to be put back.

But please do not forget that you are not alone in this.

There are hundreds of thousands of Americans who have suffered just as you are now - Both men and women who have been subjected to the most horrifically dehumanizing act a person can ever experience in their lifetime but that doesn't mean your case isn't just as important.

In fact, that makes yours the most important.

Because you can still do something about it.

Report it.

The person who did this to you needs to be reprimanded for their actions or else you are giving them a get out of jail free card... literally.

If you don't report this incident then you are letting this person think that their actions were just and they will do it again... trust me on that.

If you do not report them then they will do what they did to you a hundred times over to different people each time and more people will suffer and the statistics will rise and you will not be able to stop them.

But if you do report them then you are saving lives.

By reporting them you are preventing someone else from going through the exact same thing you are.

You are saving someone from being robbed of their innocence and no, that doesn't necessarily mean a virgin.

You are saving their next victim from a lifetime of sadness, guilt, and shame over something you couldn't control.

You are preventing generations worth of depression, suicides, abortions, and so much more.

By reporting the incident you are protecting a world of men and women from atrocious behavior of a criminal that cannot be reversed.

But you HAVE to report this to save someone else or else you will regret it.

I know I do and I probably always will so please, for those of us who no longer have a voice, report them.

You won't regret it.

If you or a friend have become a victim of rape or sexual assault, please contact the authorities as soon as possible.

For further help, go to SafeHelpLine.org or dial the Safe Help Hotline at (877) 995 -5247.