You are not alone! Pandora's Aquarium provides peer support for survivors of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse and has been devoted to recovery and healing since 1999. Our online support group includes a message board, chat room, and survivor blogs. Pandora's Aquarium, a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, is free to join and is safely moderated by a diverse group of survivors. To learn more about the staff, click here. We believe that connecting with other rape and sexual abuse survivors is an important part of healing, and we facilitate this with a safe online message forum.
The first sexual assault survivor message board of its kind, we remain one of the largest and most active, with over 9,000 members, 700,000 archived posts, and more than 1,000 new posts each day. The name Pandora's Aquarium is from a song by Tori Amos. To read about the title, artwork, and history of Pandy's, please click here.
We welcome all survivors of sexual violence. If you have been a victim of rape, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, incest, molestation, or marital / partner rape, you belong here. To make the registration process as easy as possible, we provide step-by-step registration instructions.
Learn more about what Pandy's has to offer you. Even when you feel all alone, someone at Pandy's understands. We have a number of private forums, some covering general topics and some for specific areas of recovery from rape and sexual abuse. Male rape survivors have unique issues in healing and have access to a private forum, open only to men. Additionally, our chat moderators host several topic chats on healing subjects each month.
Secondary survivors/Supporters of Survivors. If you are a parent, friend, or partner of a rape or sexual abuse survivor, you are welcome to join the message board and seek support. Before registering, please read more about being a supporter at Pandy's here.
Pandora's is a very supportive and compassionate community. Please know that we will hear your voice. Recovery and healing from rape and sexual abuse are possible, and you can begin your journey here. You do not need to be alone.
Many members find our public Wonderful Threads forum and Essays & Articles are great places to start reading. They contains a number of particularly healing and informative threads, for rape and sexual abuse survivors and those interested in learning more. We hope that these posts will inspire you to reach out and seek the support you deserve. If you're ready to be part of a group who understands what you're going through, you can go straight to the registration page to join our rape and sexual abuse survivor online support group, message board, and chat room.
