My Story – Ariyana
My mother was kicked out of her house at the ripe age of 18 years old with just a job and a note from her father “you are not welcome back. Married at 19 years old because she had no one to go to in India with no other family. my mother, father and my […]
My Story – Jamie
He portrayed to be the perfect man for 3 years (love bombing), then things slowly started to change until they became unbearable. I tried so hard to get him to “change.” They don’t change. I tried to get him to leave. He wouldn’t leave. I felt ashamed, I blamed myself, I was scared, but I […]
My Story – Charlotte
I met my abuser at 17 and he was older than me. Our relationship started very quickly, but early on in the relationship, things were good except that he was verbally abusive sometimes. We did the usual things like, going out, watching movies, & dates. I thought maybe I got a good guy. I was […]
My Story – Amy
At the end of January of 2020 I got in to a new relationship, shortly after getting out of a 6 year relationship. Everything seemed great for the first month. We went out in March to a bar where I introduced him to my cousin. He told my cousin that I took something that night, […]
My Story – Abigail
9 months ago I started planning my escape. He was perfect when I met him after my first divorce. I had two boys, 3 and 10 months. He swept right in. My boys loved him, I loved him. Within 8 months he asked us to move in and be a family. Within 13 months he […]
My Story – Tammi
In January of 2019 my ex husband, my abuser, tried to end my life while I was holding my two year old son. This was the seventh time I had left him. I was trying to be cordial and let him have visits with my son but would not let him have unsupervised visits because […]
