SM: What did he say to that?
Lindsay: That he was sure it was a misunderstanding – and then he just walked away.

Lindsay Young SM: When did you realize you needed to tell someone that you had been raped?
Lindsay: It was about nine months after it happened when I told my first serious college boyfriend. He would wake me up because I would be shaking in the middle of the night. He’d be like, “You’re screaming. What is wrong with you?!” Finally I said,”Ok, let me walk you through my past a little.”

SM: How did it feel to tell him?
Lindsay: It was a relief to tell someone, but he immediately became angry and was like I’m going to get your brothers and we’re going to take care of this. He didn’t understand why I didn’t tell my family. He also didn’t understand me not wanting the guy’s legs broken.

SM: Why didn’t you tell your family?
Lindsay: At that point I was thinking to myself “I’ve done this on my own long enough—there’s nothing that can be done now.” I didn’t want to tell my family and put them through the same amount of pain and anguish that I had put myself through.