If you have experienced an event that you think may be sexual assault, don't worry about defining your experience at this moment.  It is important to care for yourself, and to seek help from others who can care for you.  There are a wide array of emergency and long-term resources to support you.

• Go to a safe place - your own room, a friend's room, a CA's room, or anywhere you will feel safe.
• Call someone you trust. No matter how late it is, you should not be alone.  Call a close friend, your roommate, your residential life staff, etc. And/or: you can contact a counselor.  On weekday nights and weekends, the counselor on call can be contacted through Campus Security, 207-859-5911.  You don't need to disclose the nature of your emergency to be connected with a counselor; you just need to give a phone number at which you can be reached.
• See immediate medical care.
• Even if you d not feel physical pain, seek medical attention.  You may have internal injuries that cannot be immediately seen or felt.  Although some of the treatments and evidence collection processes are time sensitive, there is no time limit on receiving medical or psychological care after a sexual assault.
• We encourage you to have a sexual trauma exam (or "Rape Kit") done immediately following an experience of sexual trauma, as some care, such as emergency contraception, and certain kinds of evidence collection, including rape drug testing, is time sensitive.  Even if you are not sure about reporting the assault, it makes sense to preserve the option of reporting later by having evidence collected.