The Price of Peace is Silence
By Iris Pendelton When the price of peace is silence, do we pay it? Abuse is not confined to dimly lit bedrooms or closed doors behind suburban homes. Sometimes, it wears a uniform. Sometimes, it stands behind a pulpit. And sometimes, it smiles in community meetings or passes laws in a statehouse. Abusers aren’t just […]
Anxiety After Abuse: Reclaiming Peace Through DBT Skills
By Kelly Stratton DBT skills can help you cope with abuse after the fact. Getting out of an abusive relationship is often seen as the finish line—but for many survivors, it’s just the beginning of the healing process. Long after the physical danger ends, the emotional wounds remain. Living with Effects of Abuse One of […]
Society Protects the Wrong People with Abusers in Power
By Sammie Rose After a brief hiatus from Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence, I stepped back to prioritize, recollect, and regroup the quiet but essential work of healing. Caring for my children, tending to my inner world, and making space to process my current day reality. As I grappled with life and dealt with […]
Anxiety is the Lingering Shadow of Being Controlled
By Iris Pendelton For many, anxiety is often pictured as simple nervousness, a racing heart before a presentation. Or feeling uneasy in a crowd. But for survivors of abusive relationships, anxiety takes on a far more complex and often invisible shape. It lingers long after the abuse ends. Weaving itself into everyday thoughts, decisions, and […]
Communication is Key to Helping You Heal from DV
By Mikayla Shave While communication is widely observed to be central to the implementation process, the field of implementation science has largely overlooked the details of how communication may be utilized to better facilitate implementation. Within organizational changes such as intimate partnership changes, employment changes, and potentially educational changes, communication has been observed outside of […]
I’m A Survivor of Terrible Violence
By Survivor Jani **The following is written by a survivor of domestic violence and abuse. Names have been changed to protect all involved.** I met my previous partner when I was 18, and he was 27. We got married pretty fast because I got pregnant with our daughter. He was very sweet, but after we […]