Escaping abuse and trauma to live as a survivor. By Tara Z

Hello I’m 29 half Irish half Croatian. I feel very traumatized by my upbringing in particular the abuse I received from my father, lack of love, affection and attention. Being criticized and put down. Physical abuse, hitting, punching, slapping, kicking, emotional abuse, shouting, fear based environment and control tactics. I received s*@ual abuse when I […]
Breaking Free: My Journey from Abuse to Freedom.

I met the love of my life at 15, little did I know he would turn out to be my abuser too. There was early signs of red flags in the beginning which I failed to ignore because after all I was 15 and had no clue what red flags were. He was constantly ditching […]
Breaking Free from a Decade of Domestic Violence: My Journey to Liberation by Melanie W

I made a choice not to be a victim of domestic violence anymore 10 months ago after 10 years of abuse. I kept most of it to myself because I was scared to ask for help. DO NOT BE SCARED TO GET OUT!!! I never thought I could get away from his control. I had […]
From Darkness to Resilience: My Journey Through Abuse and Recovery by Christian T

‘m 31 now but when I was 16 to the age of 19 I experienced, in my opinion, extreme violence from a boyfriend. This “boyfriend” would eventually become my “husband” at the age of 18 and whom I’m still legally married too. I refused to take his last name as my own after everything that […]
Breaking Free from Addiction and Abuse: My Journey to Recovery.

by Priscilla G I have been addicted to drugs since I was 18, and I moved my way through that life as well as I could until I met him. I went to his house because I knew that he always had drugs and when all of my connections were out, I forced myself to […]
Breaking Free from a Decade of Abuse: My Journey to Survival and Self-Discovery

As a teenager I thought I fell in love with a boy. He was good till he wasn’t. He hit me for the first time and said he was sorry and I’ll never do it again till the next time. After being hit and abused he would say if you didn’t make me angry I […]