Is it normal to blame myself

When I was a junior in high school I came out of an abusive relationship and turned to drinking and drugs. My ex boyfriend had not allowed me to drink or smoke so I was a rookie when it came to partying. Right after the new year a friend and I had a leftover case of beer so we decided to get drunk. I always took my drinking too far but i never slept around with guys. I was still heartbroken from my past relationship. Usually I passed out in a corner and one of my friends made sure I got home safely. About seven beers deep my friend Sarah got a call from this boy josh asking us to comeover to this boy Toby's house. Toby was a football star and his parent were super rich. He was in our grade and I had known him since elementary school. I wouldn't say we were friends but we always got along. I used to get the feeling he was flirting with me. Anyways we got a ride to his house. I was under the assumption there were going to be other girls there but there weren't. Toby had a pool house and when we walked in there were five guys and just me and Sarah. I thought nothing of it and eventually began to make out with Tobys cousin D. I never foundout his full name. I spent the majority of the night hanging out with D and everyone else quit drinking eventually except for me. I had my own bottle of vodka stashed in the bathroom. I barely said anything to Toby all night. Eventually around 4 am Tobys dad came to the pool house and told Toby the girls(me and Sarah) had to leave. I was too drunk by now to remember this Sarah told me later. I do remember climbing up the stais of the pool house with Sarah to hide from Toby's dad and passing out. Sarah said the boys left and went into the house. She then got a call from Toby saying him and his friend mike were coming back to the pool house. The next thing I remember for myself was waking up and feeling a weird stretching in my vagina with toby on top of me. I vaguely remember crying out a little and then just lying there. I don't know if it sounds stupid but I guess I just didn't realize what was happening I was so intoxicated. I hadn't done anything to lead Toby on either. I then remember hearing someone come up the stairs and hearing someone named mike's voice saying "ready to switch?" I felt hands trying to move me and I remember my head rolling off the corner of the couch. Mikes voice said "I can't do It she's too drunk" I guess he left after that. I laid there in my drunken daze for a couple more seconds and heard the sounds of Sarah and Toby having sex downstairs. Please keep in mind that I've replayed this in my head a thousand times and I'm describing this to you way clearer than when it happened to me. What happened after that doesn't really matter. Any blanks in my memory were later filled in by Sarah and I'm positive the guy on top of me was Toby. The only thing I'm not positive about is whether or not I was raped. My parents, my friends, and my doctor who found out about it despite my efforts to keep it a secret said I was raped. But for some reason I blame myself. I had drank too much and my life had spun out of control. I never told Toby he could have sex with me but I never told him no, and maybe if I had controlled myself I could have defended myself . I guess I just need someone who doesn't know me or Toby to give me there opinion on what happened that night and whether it was my fault, or Toby's. And if I was raped, if it's normal that I've been blaming myself this whole time.

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Comments ( 11 )
  • I hope you are not the same person who made up the subway boss story earlier. Rape is serious. Yes you were indeed raped. Those guys have no morals and should be shot by traditional firing squad.

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    • RoseIsabella

      God, I love how you roll!
      ;-)

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    • Queenofheartsx3

      That's so strange. I literally just read the subway boss story and commented on it. No my story is real all I changed were the people's names. I wish it wasn't

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      • Yeah the subway story was most likely made up by some horny perv.

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        • Queenofheartsx3

          Yea it was pretty gross

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      • No judge no jury no trial. The world does not need more rapists.

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        • Queenofheartsx3

          If you're asking me why there wasn't a trial it's because I begged not to have one. I wanted to be strong and independent and deal with it on my own. There were also a lot of false rumors going around about it at school. I just wanted to be out of the spotlight and taking them to court would have thrown me back in it. I just graduated and I'm starting to realize sticking up for myself and taking them to court would have been more strong and independent of me than hiding my emotions altogether

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          • No. What I meant was rapists just need to be shot, plain and simple. No trial, just taken out back lined up on their knees and shot execution style.

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            • Queenofheartsx3

              Oh okay I understand what your saying now

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        • RoseIsabella

          You're awesome!

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        • Queenofheartsx3

          I'm not quite sure what you mean by no judge no jury no trial

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