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

Surviving Domestic Abuse: Escaping an Abusive Marriage for My Safety

I was with my ex husband 3 years he the domestic abuse started when he moved in together he took me away from my family, my life, he use to hit me for not doing what am told he lock Me in My room has to ask to go bedroom was only allowed one cup tea a day I did not want walk away but I new I has to or he kill me

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...