Survivor Story: My Abuser Locked Me in a Closet and Beat Me with a Hammer
Written by: Courtney, Survivor First off, I apologize because I am not very good with words, but I want to get my story out there. Hopefully, it can help other women, so here it goes! About four years ago I met my ex-husband. I thought he was charming, cute, and smart. He always said sweet […]
Survivor Story: I Escaped After 20 Years of Being Raped, Isolated, and Abused
Written by: Giovanna, Survivor I was 14 when I met the father of my two adult daughters. It wasn’t at all love at first sight. In fact, it wasn’t love at all. For me, it was an act of rebellion. He was a partier and popular. All the girls wanted him, but the funny thing […]
Survivor Story: My Baby Died After My Children Were Placed with My Abuser’s Family
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I have been in front of this page off and on for about two weeks trying to get the courage to tell my story because it didn’t even start with intimate partners but my father’s mother. So here it goes; bear with me. When I was a child, my father’s mother […]
Survivor Story: My Abuse Left Me with Physical and Emotional Scars
Written by: BTSADV Survivor My story has its roots within the story of a man who was abused as a child. The man who abused my puppy and me was abused by his stepfather. I had to sit him down to convince him that my puppy was innocent, no matter the infraction he felt was […]
Survivor Story: I am a Teen Dating Violence Survivor
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I was 15 when I went through my first relationship. It was love at first sight, and that’s when I knew he was the boy I wanted to take home to meet my family. The first two months were amazing. He treated me so well, buying me flowers and necklaces and […]
Survivor Story: My Abuser Stalked Me and Repeatedly Violated the Protective Order
Written by: Andrea, Survivor and BTSADV Volunteer How to even begin to explain where my story begins… It started as an innocent friendship with no romantic involvement. As I began to hang out with my abuser more and more, there were so many red flags like the fact that he had to wake up and […]