Hello, Let Me Introduce Myself [CW: Sexual Assault, Suicide, Abuse]
Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Substance Abuse, Depression, Suicide Hi, my name is Autumn. You might know me as a writer, a D&D nerd and DM, a maths geek, or someone with really bad jokes (generally referencing maths). That's me, in a nutshell, and I'm okay with that. It's taken a long time to become someone that I believe is a genuine, caring, and likeable (most of the time) person. But this person that I am now wasn't conceived and born in the womb - she's been born through trials and fire, and events that no one should ever have to go through. Hi, my name is Autumn. I'm a survivor. Of sexual assault. Of both physical and mental abuse. These are things that never leave you. They change you in ways you cannot anticipate until you've experienced them yourself. I was sixteen when I was raped - by someone who I thought cared about me. Maybe I thought he loved me. I asked myself these questions for years, wondering if that was what love meant beca...