This is very hard to read. I hope these thugs will receive 'justice' for their vile attack.

The ending seemed a bit ubupt but still a good story.

Amazing work! The way you dealed with the topic of rape was superb! Delicate but strong at the same time.

Interesting take on how Snape would work with someone with PTSD. He hit the highlights and prepped him well for therapy. Thanks for the story.

*chuckles*
That was both rather dark and heartwarming. Amazing how such an IC Snape can still be so lovable. You did fantastically and I liked it a lot. Well done and thanks for writing! ;)
MS

Lovely. Definitely worth the read

Thanks for the story. Interesting way for Snape to help him recover.

cool

Enjoyed it. Though I would have liked to see Harry have a confrontation with the muggles and thoroughly kick their butts.

Adoro esta historia, esta muy bien hecha.

I like it.

An excellent demonstration of a variant of Written Exposure Therapy. Though the pressure to hound a tortured Harry to get him to ~talk about~ whatever happened to him makes for a good story, it out that talking about trauma is neither necessary nor sufficient to treat it. In some cases, it even does more harm than good. Trials have found that fewer people drop out of some written therapies than some talking therapies because it's more tolerable, and the outcomes are at least as good months later, in appropriate cases.

Here, we have a good story that's short, sweet, and to the point. Best yet, it *fixes* the problem. Snape fixes the problem. Sort of. Actually, he empowers Harry to fix the problem, without anyone losing dignity - or character, for that matter. Rather than turning Harry into a helpless invalid, we see him developing greater self-efficacy and skills. Snape doesn't suddenly develop an implausible set of counseling skills, and mostly stays within the boundaries of an appropriate teacher role (like bringing him to a healer), because he already knows everything he needed to know without belaboring the point. Snape isn't trying to argue with him that it's not his fault. Instead, he gets Harry to interrupt that narrative, himself. Then he teaches him self-defense, SO THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. This is so key that I can't praise this enough. Once Harry's competent and confident in that skill, he then makes him revise the memory in his head so that it has less power over him. This is similar to one of the more effective techniques to address post-traumatic nightmares, image rehearsal therapy. Snape also then makes Harry be prepared for future possible scenarios, again building confidence and reducing the likelihood that he'll be hurt again. And then Snape DISCHARGES him from his care, because he's BETTER, with an appropriate list of resources in case he needs them in the future. The two of them have built trust, but have not built an ongoing dependency.

It's beautiful. I like it.

Oh, man. The only thing that disappoints me about this story is that there are less than 100 reviews after being posted for 8 years, which suggests that few people have read it.

Poor Harry, glad Snape was able to help him in his own crazy way

Awesome! Love it!

Nice short story. A bit short for what it was going for, but for what was written it was great.