Trigger Warning These stories mention occurrences of domestic violence and may be triggering to some users. Some names may have been changed.

My Story – Kimberly

My name is Kim an I’m a dv survivor. In 2019 my bro died unexpectedly. Well then it all begin. Started with acks here an there. Then black eyes busted noise even as far as tearingy ACL. Assophis got tore . this man was evil. As I tried to leave beating got worse he went to if I can’t have you Boone can… Well on mother’s day it got so bad my son herd it all called the cops an it by him an grace of God I’m even here .. my son showed up an saved my life I am so forever greatful that I was able walk away took 3 yrs to know my worth an build bk uo

A Reflection on a Past Relationship and Recognizing Domestic Violence”

Steve – nice guy met on a dating site I dated about 10 years ago.. I just realised how to describe how he treated me. It’s called DV. We date for an intense couple of months or so… Catching up as much as we could. Everyone who met him thought...

Speaking Truth to Power: My Battle Against Workplace Abuse

I was friends with him for six months, we met at work. He would walk me home at night to make sure I got home safe, we went to the gym together, went on runs together. Then he started treating me like shit because he wanted to become a manager....

Breaking the Silence: Living with a Partner with PMDD

It took about 8 years after our first born to realize my wife was in a cycle. Throughout the humps of marriage that are typical, various reactions have taken place to things that have seemingly similar levels of stress. It started to became apparent, however, that the cycles were there...