Signs You’re in Healthy Relationships
For many domestic violence survivors, dating might seem daunting after surviving abusive relationships. For survivors, a time will come when they’ll feel comfortable dating again, but do not know the signs of healthy relationships. However, some survivors might fear dating again because they fear future partners might be similar to their abusers. Some survivors struggle […]
Survivor Story: I Grew Up Thinking It Was Normal for a Mother to Be Abused
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I will be 21 in 2019, a strange age so attached to maturity, but that’s a word I don’t think I’ll ever be able to relate to. My earliest memory of childhood in New Zealand as a second-generation Iranian refugee is of my father pushing my mother down the stairs over […]
Survivor Story: The Abuse Started After I Moved Out of State with My Abuser
Written by: Michele, Survivor I was 23 years old. I had moved out of state and left everything behind to be with this man. The mental abuse started as soon as we moved. That went on for about a year and a half until that one night in March 2016 when he became physical. He […]
Survivor Story: I Am Enough
Written by: J.D, Survivor I can see her now, pacing on the delicate eggshells she walks upon. Her bones show in places they never had before. Deep down in the pit of her stomach, there are knots so intertwined they may never dissipate. She spent just over an hour sleeping last night. Just over an […]
Survivor Story: I Had Convinced Myself He Didn’t Mean It
Written by: Liana, Survivor Pain is addicting. I felt that I was in love with pain. I couldn’t stop my own, and it felt as if I was doing humanity a favor by loving someone who was “damaged,” “misunderstood,” and “crazy.” I needed to be needed. I needed to be darkly and desperately wanted. Like […]
