“I have to keep talking out because people feel like they’re the only ones. They feel like are on an island by themselves; they feel like they are screaming into a hurricane and nobody is listening and I am just trying to say, ‘I’m listening. I hear you. I've been there, and there is light at the end of the tunnel’ [...]

“That’s the importance of sharing the stories when you’re ready.”

The actress also shared an important point about fellow survivors when she took to Twitter to hit home the fact that rape occurs regardless of a victim’s clothing.

Earlier this week, The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik was accused of “victim-blaming” after suggesting that her inclination to “dress modestly” and reserve her sexual self for “private situations” had helped protect her from harassment, writing in an op-ed piece: “As a proud feminist with little desire to diet, get plastic surgery or hire a personal trainer, I have almost no personal experience with men asking me to meetings in their hotel rooms.”

Gabrielle Union shares a powerful message about rape and harassment