Break Your Silence

A Survivor Overcoming Abuse and Finding Strength

By Anonymous Survivor

**The following is written by a survivor of domestic violence and abuse. Names have been changed to protect all involved.**

I met a guy on the chat site. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. As days go by, I start seeing his true colors.

He started to change. We had met each other in person, but I started to see those red flags. But I ignored it.

Maybe I didn’t want to see it.

As time passed, it was getting harder and harder to let him go. He controlled me in every way. I didn’t have anywhere to go with my children.

Then, one day, I had a phone call from my daughter’s school.

“That changed everything.”

The damage was already there. You can say that my daughter was stronger than me. As I had to block a lot of things in my mind.

My PTSD was getting worse. Even though he got locked up for the abuse on me and my kids. The memories are solid in my mind.

To this day I still jump when I hear a noise. The mark he left behind was real. It’s been a while since he has been gone, but the mark will stay forever.

The mental abuse haunts me in my sleep. However, I have to learn to think like a survivor and not like a victim.

“I want all my fellow survivors to know you are not alone.”

We all share the same story. Some of us are lucky to have gotten out of it. Some women are still in the fight.

So let are light help other.

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Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence (BTSADV) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence beyond crisis. BTSADV focuses on long-term healing through financial assistance programs, scholarships, survivor retreats, advocacy initiatives, and a national support line. The organization works to amplify survivor voices, raise awareness about coercive control and systemic failures, and help break generational cycles of abuse through education, outreach, and community engagement.

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