Welcome to Pandora's Aquarium, an online support group, message board, and chat room for survivors rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse.

Please see our main page at http://www.pandys.org.

We welcome all survivors of sexual violence. If you have been a victim of rape, sexual abuse, or sexual assault, you are welcome here.

Because we feel survivors thrive in a community dedicated solely to them, this board is closed to supporters and secondary survivors. Pandora's is a semi-private community, which means that only registered members can view most of the posts on our board and join the chat room. You are very welcome to browse the public forums before signing up.

Male survivors have unique issues in healing. We have provided you with a private forum, open only to male survivors.

To register you will have to provide us with a valid email address, and agree that you have read and abide by our board guidelines and Terms of Service. A webmail address [e.g. yahoo or hotmail] is fine for this purpose. Before you can access the private forums, there are two steps. First, you will receive a validation email. You must click on the link provided. Second, a moderator will have to manually approve you. This may take up to 24 hours, depending on the time of day your registration is submitted. Please do not register multiple times. This will only delay the process.

Pandora's is a very supportive and compassionate community. Please know that we will hear your truth, and that you are alone no longer.

Many members find our public Wonderful Threads forum is a great place to start reading. It contains a number of particularly healing and informative threads. We hope that it will inspire you to reach out and ask for any help that you may need.

Take care