“Breaking Free: Escaping an Abusive Marriage and Finding a New Beginning”

It was March, 2017. I was 19, in my first and last semester at the college of my dreams. I had started late and the reason will be explained in this story. At 19, I thought I was already with the guy I knew I’d marry, and I was so deeply in love with […]
Escaping abuse and trauma to live as a survivor. By Tara Z

Hello I’m 29 half Irish half Croatian. I feel very traumatized by my upbringing in particular the abuse I received from my father, lack of love, affection and attention. Being criticized and put down. Physical abuse, hitting, punching, slapping, kicking, emotional abuse, shouting, fear based environment and control tactics. I received s*@ual abuse when I […]
Breaking Free: My Journey from Abuse to Freedom.

I met the love of my life at 15, little did I know he would turn out to be my abuser too. There was early signs of red flags in the beginning which I failed to ignore because after all I was 15 and had no clue what red flags were. He was constantly ditching […]
Breaking Free from a Decade of Domestic Violence: My Journey to Liberation by Melanie W

I made a choice not to be a victim of domestic violence anymore 10 months ago after 10 years of abuse. I kept most of it to myself because I was scared to ask for help. DO NOT BE SCARED TO GET OUT!!! I never thought I could get away from his control. I had […]
From Darkness to Resilience: My Journey Through Abuse and Recovery by Christian T

‘m 31 now but when I was 16 to the age of 19 I experienced, in my opinion, extreme violence from a boyfriend. This “boyfriend” would eventually become my “husband” at the age of 18 and whom I’m still legally married too. I refused to take his last name as my own after everything that […]
Breaking Free from Addiction and Abuse: My Journey to Recovery.

by Priscilla G I have been addicted to drugs since I was 18, and I moved my way through that life as well as I could until I met him. I went to his house because I knew that he always had drugs and when all of my connections were out, I forced myself to […]