I always said I would leave, but I didn’t
I always said “if a man puts his hand on me, I’ll leave”…unfortunately I didn’t. Two months after I gave birth, it began, for very little things. Arguments would be about why he’s cheating, him not spending time with our child, choosing friends and drugs over family time and putting everyone above us. Anytime I […]
Drugged and kidnapped
We had been together for 14 years. I asked for a divorce after being married for a little over 10 years, as a result of his belittling me and being terrible to me in general. He never laid a hand on me during our time together. It was more so just his words and actions. […]
I never talked about it
Hello, I am not too sure how this works, but here we go. I am doing the #run4her fundraiser to run for Break the silence against domestic violence. This morning, I woke up and went on a 2 mile run before my therapy session. It felt so nice, so relieving. During my session, we talked […]
God answered my prayers
Hello , I am 25 years old i at the time at 16 got into a relationship with a 19 year old ended up pregnant 2 years of being together , during that time he was so abusive to me. He would make me stay in the room all the time he pulled a gun […]
My Story – Melinda
I met him just before 15th birthday. He was 22 and had a really nice car. He was nice and funny and made me laugh. I was pregnant 4 months later. He didn’t want his family to know. I only saw him a few times during the next nine months. His family made him offer […]
Escaping an island of abuse
I was living in the Caribbean on his island, I told him I needed to leave the island to renew my stay, he came with me but I refused to get on the flight back to his island after he beat me again. I spent the night in a hotel and made a plan from […]
