“Breaking the Silence: Finding Power in My Voice Against Domestic Violence”
MY VOICE IS MY MOST POWERFUL TOOL The prevalence of domestic violence within the Cambodian community is by far one of the most unexpressed and taboo issues to speak about. Not only is it prevalent, but domestic violence has deep roots within Cambodian culture, spanning from the delusion that men are considered superior to their […]
Confronting Childhood Trauma: My Struggle with Stepfather Abuse
I believe my step father abused me. My mom married him when I was 6 years old and 16 years later they have my 2 siblings also. It was a combination of physical and mental. Sometimes in the early parts of their marriage he’d beat me and put me in the corner if I woke […]
Escaping the Cycle: My Decade of Emotional Abuse and the Journey to Reclaim My Life
I have spent 10 years with an emotional abuser and I can’t begin to explain the turmoil that I have been through time after time right up until today and I’m now hoping today is the very last day. He has been an emotional abuser from the very first week of getting with him, he […]
Breaking the Silence: A Woman’s Courageous Choice to Leave Abuse by Kevin
A Woman’s Choice: He was my first stepdad. He used to beat my mother up all the time. I never quite figured out why. He said it was because we were both dummies. “You’re nothing but a bunch of dummies” is exactly what he would say to us (when he was in one of his […]
Finding My Voice: Breaking the Silence on Domestic Abuse
I’m new here Because I didn’t think I belonged. I wore the idea that I was broken, which altered my perception of events. Coming from a long line of abused women fed into the idea that, yeah, my brokenness was at play. But after leaving for the third time in 14 years, I started to […]
Breaking the Silence: My Struggle with Abuse and Isolation
I met a lad who abused me and hurt my son and I couldn’t do a thing and couldn’t call for help. he would isolate me from my family always asked me who texted me and who called and if I didn’t say he would kick off and start shouting and then go on to […]
