Stinky: Yes, I understand everything you've just said. No, I don't work for an agency. I'm a college student, and I basically run my own personal business. If I were with an agency, of course I'd tell them what happened. As it is, I don't.

I know what you mean about how this would have been very traumatizing to other people. I have been sexually assaulted before in the past and that was *very* traumatic. I've dealt with some very awful people before, and part of why I'm not as upset as I should be is that I know that what he did could have been so much worse. He could have raped me in addition to just inflicting pain. He could have not let go of my neck and seriously injured or killed me. He could have, but he didn't, and I'm not permanently damaged. (Permanence of damage is kind of how I measure how bad situations really were afterwards.) There have been many people who have done much worse to me, and at some point you start judging things differently. Nothing about this experience was good at all, but at the same time, I'm thankful it wasn't worse. I know how easily it could have been.

I DO know that it is within everyone's best interest if I go to the police, and I've been thinking about it since I read your response. It is the best thing for me to do, I think.