My Nonprofit Reviews

If I could give no stars I would. I'm in my 40s and working through processing some really horrific events that came up in my EMDR sessions regarding my childhood. I has searched high and low to find any sort of local support group of other individuals, whether in person or virtual, who are adult survivors of childhood SA and incest and the lengths of google, as well as my own personal resources turned up... nothing, except an org in another state that's near me, which on supports their local community.

So... I called RAINN in a state of shear desperation. The chat started fine, LOTS of caveats they had to go through, and I understood I wasn't to share any personal details. Well... I needed to find something freaking somewhat local so I stated, "I found this org in OR but I'm in WA so I'd like to see..." I was abruptly cut off and shamed for stating the STATE I'm in... a state of 7.7 million people. "MAAM! You SAID YOUR LOCATION (tone was condescending and rude) and I'm going to have to report you if this happens again." WT ACTUAL F?! How the eff am I supposed to get help finding something local-ish if I can't even say the state where I'm looking for services? Honestly, I would've taken any national, virtual, resources too but I wasn't sure what was out there.

I was already on the verge of tears when I made the call and now filled w/ shock I said, "uuuuuh ok..."

They proceeded to basically do the same freaking google search I did, though with their own list of resources. Spoiler... RAINN doesn't have any access to something special w/ regards to resources. In fact, since you're not even supposed to say the state you're in they just list off the resources they already have on their site. Btw - I did tell them I had already read everything on their site and found nothing. I get there are a lot of people who may not have access to the internet or aren't able to use it but I explicitly said I had already looked at their resource page and it was unhelpful.

Anyway... I ended the call with "this was absolutely unhelpful. BYE!" and I hung up.

I will never ever recommend anyone experiencing SA in any form use this organization. NEVER.

Btw - for 1 in 5 individuals (1 in 4 women) experiencing childhood SA in this country there are terrifyingly little resources for us.