Surviving Domestic Abuse: I was a scared teenager

Trigger Warning This story may contain descriptions of physical and sexual violence that some survivors may find particularly upsetting. Please consider your triggers and well-being before reading past this point. × Dismiss alert Share on facebook Share on twitter he shot up my house and held a gun to my head and told me he […]

Surviving Domestic Abuse: It Never Stopped

Trigger Warning This story may contain descriptions of physical and sexual violence that some survivors may find particularly upsetting. Please consider your triggers and well-being before reading past this point. × Dismiss alert Share on facebook Share on twitter I thought it was supposed to be like this, I thought it was supposed to be […]

My story – Harmony F

That maniacal laughter of his was almost drowned out by the ax in my hand. With hot tears beading in the corners of my growing tired eyes, and my chest beating through the walls of my throat, I knew what I had to do. What’s that saying- an eye for an eye? Well, in my […]

My story – Stephanie N

Being the eldest daughter of a 4 nuclear family sixty-one years later to be physical threatened by the abused son from our abusive father has been mind-blowing. The abused son who also abused his ADOPTED daughter has stayed in DENIAL as did his abusive father. And now has glorified our abusive father with “a loving […]

My story – Elizabeth S

My victim impact statement to my abuser: It’s hard to Understand fear unless you’ve actually experienced it. I spent three years of my adult life living in fear all the time trying to keep my head together and be strong enough to survive and raise my daughters. I feared the man that claimed he loved […]

My story – Sara S

I was blessed with an amazing single mother who raised 3 kids on her own, she had her share of struggles and challenges battled abuse from me father. I was 15 yrs. old in an abusive relationship, pregnant at 16 yrs old hiding and making up excuses for the abuse, I was a child with […]