My Story – Mindy G.
For years, I kept a bag packed in the bottom of my son’s closet – two days of clothes for each of us, some toiletries, identification and a few hundred dollars. The marriage finally ended after more than twenty years, and I haven’t been emotionally abused for the past thirteen nineteen years. During those years, […]
Prioritizing Women’s Mental Health: Tips for Self-Care
It is often said that one cannot pour from an empty cup, which means caring for yourself before caring for others. Statistics have repeatedly shown that women’s mental health is more at risk than men’s. With women often being loaded with so many responsibilities, which range from caring for the children, maintaining a job, being […]
My Story – Elizabeth S
I’m breaking my silence. 20 years I was in a DV marriage. I met him in nursing school right after graduating high school and the love affair began. I was instantly swept off my feet and taken by his charm, attention, charismatic ways and words. It in the beginning it felt like it was true […]
My Story – Laci
Ive been in three domestic violence relationships all three i have children with it was like one after the next beat on me because they knew i was abused. Ive had my nose broken twice by two different relationships. And countless other things. I still battling demons and currently trying to escape my relationships as […]
My Story – Ashly
I met this guy we will call him frank. I met him back in 2014. We dated for a couple months then I was 14 he was 17 turning 18. I lied to him about my age and told him I was 17 as well. He always seemed like he had better things to do […]
My Story – Reese
I want to start off by saying, that I am a gay woman out of an abusive relationship for 3 years. She/they met me on a Facebook group site. Small conversations leading to them saying that I was “cute”. They began to love bomb me over the course of three months. Saying that they were […]