Empowerment and What it Means to Me
By Jenn Rockefeller Empowerment. It’s a word that carries such a strong positive connotation. For domestic violence survivors, the strong positive connotation can sometimes get lost in the shuffle when entering into their healing journey. They may not see the positive side of it all. They may initially miss out on understanding just how much […]
Survivor Story: I Carefully Planned My Escape from My Abusive Ex-husband
Written by: BTSADV Survivor As a 23-year-old single mother of two children, I was dating a guy whose birthday was a few days after mine. We began to have our parties together, and the third year we got crazy and decided to get married. I don’t know what I was thinking other than I really […]
Survivor Story: I Was Afraid of Losing My Family and Being Alone
Written by: Annie, Survivor *This story is one from a series of four submitted by the survivor. I remember the first time I got punched. I fell against the wall and sobbed. I remember being called a “pussy” because I was crying. I remember a few specific phone calls when I called some of my […]
