Not every story needs to be told. And not every detail needs to be public. But when a survivor chooses to speak, the most powerful campaigns do three things:

: Narrative-based communication has been shown to improve the audience's ability to retain and understand critical information, such as signs of abuse or the importance of health screenings.

Your silence is not weakness. It is survival. You are allowed to heal in the dark. You are allowed to take your story to your grave or to a therapist's couch and nowhere else.