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

I lost everything

Well was with my husband for 13 yaers when I 1st meet him he was one of the best man out wood do everything for me but then everything went right out the window he started to tell me wat to do wat to were and who to see and not see then he starts to hit me every day of the week due my married he hit me that bad when I was pregnant I lost my babby took me long time to get over this well yaer ago today I walk away from everything to start my life and and come out to everyone wat was going on I lost everything houne pets children but I no I has to get away

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...