My story – Ariel Kell

In 2019 I met this amazing man. We had a great relationship. I got pregnant kind of fast. But we made it work. But things started to go bad in 2021. He began accusing me of cheating with any man I had any normal contact with. It started with fights but it quickly became physical. He began choking me not letting go until I would “admit” to him that I was cheating. But most times I refused to admit it so he would choke me till I was unconscious. I still stayed…and it got worse. At his family’s house he held me down on the floor with his arm pressed into my mouth leaving behind impressions of my teeth in my lips that needed stitches. He forced me to push my family away and his family enabled it until he choked me when I found out I was pregnant with our second child but my 4th. Once he was in jail he got on meds and begged me to take his calls. I did…once he was out the abuse started again. He was put into a half way house which was only 10 mins from my house. He began stalking me. Pouring bleach on mine and our newborn sons clothes. I called the police but with no proof he did it they wouldn’t do too much to help me. I felt discouraged like I was making it all up…until a few months later when he called me to pick him up…I felt bad for him as he has paranoid schizophrenia…so I did. He was okay. He wasn’t accusing me or hurting me…till he did. He got drunk and told me he knew I was sleeping around while him and I were together. I denied it and he smacked me. He physically and sexually assaulted me that night. Part of the reason I kept taking him back was because I believed I was being dramatic…maybe he wasn’t hurting me that bad. This is my message to everyone…it happened just like your brain is saying.. trust yourself