Manipulation and gaslighting
My abuser is my child’s father, he started mentally abusing me little after we started dating but I did not realize till later. The manipulation and gaslighting began after a few months and when I got pregnant (thanks to being drunk and him saying he was using protection but wasn’t) is when the more emotional […]
A cycle of abuse
Well i was in sereval abusive relationships were the men beat on me and right after i had my oldest daughter haley her daddy kicked me as hard as he could right above my c- section and bruised my stomach up for 2 or 3 months in major pain i cried so much finally went […]
My Story – Korinna
I left my abuser after enduring lots of emotional abuse and he blasted an AK47 nearby my head. Filed a restraining order and moved back home with my children. I have PTSD. Now we’re coparenting and he yells at me in front of the children. Which makes coparenting very difficult, (it’s still emotional abuse and […]
I always said I would leave, but I didn’t
I always said “if a man puts his hand on me, I’ll leave”…unfortunately I didn’t. Two months after I gave birth, it began, for very little things. Arguments would be about why he’s cheating, him not spending time with our child, choosing friends and drugs over family time and putting everyone above us. Anytime I […]
Drugged and kidnapped
We had been together for 14 years. I asked for a divorce after being married for a little over 10 years, as a result of his belittling me and being terrible to me in general. He never laid a hand on me during our time together. It was more so just his words and actions. […]
I never talked about it
Hello, I am not too sure how this works, but here we go. I am doing the #run4her fundraiser to run for Break the silence against domestic violence. This morning, I woke up and went on a 2 mile run before my therapy session. It felt so nice, so relieving. During my session, we talked […]
