Okay, the 1st one is pretty explanatory. I got kicked out of my house & joined the military. I was young, stupid, & naive about not having my birth certificate & I trusted my recruiter. I found out later that there are waivers you can easily get for not having your birth certificate & I'm still ashamed at how dumb I was back then.

18: The rape is hard to delve into.. The rapist was a friend of my best friend's & he raped me at a party. I had just arrived & he offered to get us drinks & we followed him into this room where he then shut & locked the door & raped me in front of my "friend" who did nothing but stand there looking shocked while I screamed No. I tried to push him off & in return, was pushed hard into the wall hitting my head & falling to the floor while he ripped my clothes off, etc. Later, my friend took care of me & got me back home but, didn't want me to say anything because he was afraid of getting in trouble for not doing anything & was terrified of his friend now because he didn't know he was going to do this. Well, I DID tell the authorities, went through the brutal rape exam, & the cops searched his dorm & brought back my ripped underwear that he took back as a souvenier. But, the military still made me finish school with him & everyday the rapist harrassed me & laughed at me with his friends. I snapped one day & told him to leave me alone or next time he touched me, I would kill him. Well, he reported me for saying this & next thing I know I was thrown into a psychiatric hospital for his protection! I'm not sure how long I was in that horrific place but, finally my "friend" must have felt guilty enough to finally tell the authorities that he witnessed the assault. I was apologized to & sent to the base of my choice the very next day. And that was that. I never found out if he even got in trouble.

19-21: I did 3 years of hell under a sadistic supervisor who harrassed me every single day. When I couldn't take it anymore, the base psychiatrist pulled me out from under him & I worked for the hospital. I ran across my ex-supervisor's records while I was there & found out that he was an abuser to his wife & kids as well. Thankfully, about a year later, he was sent to prison (not because of me) but, for his other crimes that finally caught up with him. Nobody listened to me at the time (I was just this little 1-striper & he was a senior NCO) but, at least karma worked in this instance...

This was also the time I found out that I had PTSD, diabetes, & cervical dysplasia bordering on micro-intrusive cancer. The doctor said my dysplasia was caused by the HPV virus & he said if I hadn't been so sexually active at such a young age, I probably wouldn't have it. Yea...I told him that I wished he could of told my grandfather this about 15 years ago! Anyhow, I underwent 4 painful years of treatment before I got out of the military (with more problems than what I went in with)...

Well, here's where I'm ending today...