Escaping a Nightmare: My Journey from Abuse to Freedom by Miranda P
I met him in 2015. I was still trying to heal from a relationship where I was cheated on constantly and that had destroyed my mental health. He knew this and promised he would help my healing. He would never do anything to hurt me. I believed him. I was foolish. It started out with […]
“Escaping Abuse: My Journey to Freedom and Healing” by Patricia F
I thought my dream had come true in 1990 when I remarried. It turned out to be a fight for my life & for me.I am still alive after getting away from the abuse, but it still lives on in my psyche.No one can understand the footprint the beatings leave on the victim’s soul; even […]
“Surviving Abuse and Legal Battles: My Struggle for Custody and Safety”
I can’t. I’ve lost my battle , as a human woman by extreme violence Plained to me. I was threat 17 years ago I will be destroyed as a woman made to look unfit. Forced mental brain harm shocking forced disable to a wheel chair. Made to look unfit and destroyed as a woman and […]
Surviving Domestic Abuse: My Journey to Freedom by Julia R
This is my story. My story begins when I was 19 years old. I had met this man online through a dating app. At the time I started speaking to him I was living in a shelter with at the time my 3 year old son. I decided after talking to him for only several […]
What Got Me Through; A Thank You to a Survivors Support System
My tragic comedy is well worth the read. Domestic violence isn’t just something happening at the times it happens. It stays with the abused, us survivors, the parents who have watched their child endure it, and the parents who have seen their child lose to it. It haunts me. At the end of the day, […]
Keeping Your Head Down During the Holidays.
Most likely, if you’re already in a difficult relationship, and you may even acknowledge it as abusive, you’ll “just be trying to stay small” throughout the holidays. Are you aware that all-cause abuse increases during the major fall and winter holidays? And, just to be clear, I’m including Super Bowl Sunday that “concludes” the “dangerous […]
