My friend was raped by her stepdad, she says it’s been going on for a while. She told her mom and her mom doesn’t believe her and kicked her out of the house for making “false” accusations. I know I can’t do anything about her mom I just I want to know how I can comfort her? She’s staying with me for a couple weeks before she’s moving away to live with her grandparents but till then I want her to feel safe to talk to me and I want her to be comfortable and like everything’s going to be okay. I’m coming here bc I want advice from ppl who have been through this and know what they would’ve wanted and what you think would’ve made you feel better then, even if it was just a little. I know I can’t make it go away but I just wanna help.

Update: she’s been feeling a lot better today I even go a genuine laugh outta he, she really thankful that we’ve taken her in and she’s in the mindset of “well if she doesn’t want to believe me then she doesn’t deserve me to treat her like my mother, which alone has made her stronger in the sense that shes not letting this stop her from living a life. I’m rlly proud of her and I hope things work out with her mom. I really do. Thank you sm for the responses they’ve helped a ton!