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Breaking Free: Escaping Confusion, Doubt, and Uncertainty by Brenda O

Confusion – Doubt – UncertaintyBasically, I am a very questioning person. I want to know how things and people work. Yet, I have spent all of my married life in confusion.  Whenever I questioned anything, my husband took it as an affront to him and his position of head of the family.  I have always wondered […]

Breaking the Silence: Surviving Narcissistic Abuse by Patti R

Unfortunately, since my first and worst narcissistic abusive relationship at 17, it became a pattern, and there are more than one story now. The story that goes with my photo is the actual man who happens to be black-skinned, who used to always smile at me at a bar near where I lived. He verbally […]

Breaking the Cycle: A Survivor’s Journey Through Abuse by Rhonda W

I met my first abuser right out of the womb. It was my mother. And then I’m at my first daughter’s father, Lonnie. Who’s a narcissist and would take me out, you know, nowhere and beat the s*** out of me. He would then leave me there, only to come back and say he was […]

Escaping Dave: A Tale of Survival and Resilience by Clover Ann

It was autumn of 2013. The leaves had been falling, and blowing around in the wind. I was hanging out at the youth emergency services, a local charity that helps prevent youth from being homeless. I didn’t have a car, no job, I was homeless with no where to go. There was a guy there […]

“Surviving Domestic Violence: One Night That Changed Everything”

On the night of September 16, 2022 life changed. Again. He locked me in my bedroom and beat me more than I can remember. We weren’t arguing about anything from what I can remember and that still bothers me. I went through almost 10 minutes of beatings while everyone else just listened. Until they finally […]

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