Prevail, Inc.

JEANNETTE

Jeannette sat at her desk at work, alternating between staring at the blinking cursor and trying not to close her eyes- for fear of another flashback. She had worked so hard to get to this point in her career where she could be counted on with responsibility. The project was due to her boss in two hours. She had not even started.  Her two little boys kept calling her. They needed help with homework. All she could think about was how disgusting she still felt from events that happened more than 30 years ago. “Why can’t I just get over it”, she thought.
 
Jeannette haphazardly put together some material for her boss and went home. She couldn’t live like this anymore. She knew it was time to get some help. Even though Jeannette hadn’t been to Prevail in over ten years, she remembered that she was told services were always available whenever she was ready to take that step.
 
This past fall, Jeannette faithfully came to the sexual assault survivors support group. She did her journaling, self-care, and learned how to confront her abusers and the people who neglected to defend her as a child. Even though it was hard for Jeannette to get to the point where she was ready to acknowledge how her child sexual abuse has impacted her life, the services at Prevail are helping her heal every step of the way.