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Setting Healthy Boundaries
I’ve always been the type of person who loves helping others. Many times, this even meant saying yes to someone when I really wanted to
Survivor Story: My Abuser Drove Drunk with Me in the Car – and I Was Hospitalized
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I was with my boyfriend for 18 months. He started off sweet and caring, but one night we both got drunk
Break the Cycle
I’m 22 years old. I was in a relationship with this man since November 2010 and left October 2013. In the coarse of our relationship
What Men Need to Know When Dating a Survivor of Domestic Violence
By: Clint Schiller Dating a Survivor of Domestic Abuse can be frustrating, difficult, irritating, complexing, and confusing; if you try and fix them! PATIENCE –
The Man I Loved Abused Me During My Pregnancy
I thought he loved me. Thought I had met the love of my life. I was wrong. The man I loved abused me during my pregnancy, and it didn’t stop there. Looking back, I understand how I fell under his spell and why it took so long for me to leave.
National Mental Health Awareness Month
This is why the month of May shines a spotlight on Mental Health Awareness. We all deal with issues of mental health but survivors and victims of domestic violence have unique mental health needs, as well as barriers preventing us from reaching out for support.
The Mental in Me…
It’s at the times when life hit you unexpectedly is when we lose sight of the importance of our mental health and how much maintaining it at those moments truly saves us.
Ways Trauma Affects Mental Health
What is Trauma and where does it come from? Trauma can come in many different forms. More often than not, it comes from abuse, but
The Differences Between Anxiety, PTSD, and Depression
We’ve all heard about abuse triggering or causing anxiety, PTSD, and/or depression. However, do we know what any of those terms mean? What exactly does one go through when they’re experiencing these types of mental illnesses or triggers?
Mourning the Loss of Motherhood
On Mother’s Day, we celebrate the lives of the women who came before us and we grieve the loss of mothers that were taken from us too soon. But, for some of us, we also grieve the mothers we never were and the children we will never see again.
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