Erica: A Survivor’s Journey Through Domestic Violence
Hello, my name is Erica and I am a domestic violence survivor. I first experienced domestic violence in my teens. I grew up on the west side of Chicago. Both my mom and dad were addicted to drugs and I guess you can say that I was looking for love in all the wrong places. […]
“Silent No More: My Narrow Escape from a Dangerous Live-In Relationship”
I’ve been silent for 4 years. My story isn’t as awful as some but it still changed my life and could have killed me. And the sad thing is he got away completely scot-free. Which is ironic because his name is Scott. I was living in a live-in relationship and we had been together for […]
Reclaiming Myself: Escaping Toxicity and Embracing Freedom.
i ’ve been free for almost a year now… with the best boyfriend ever… with a puppy with him. The past 2-3 years before that were absolutely hell for me. A man took me over and took away WHO I WAS. and who i am today honestly. i’m not the same person i was before […]
No one should go through this.
At the age of sixteen I went through something, no one that age should go through. This is what caused me to go from a smart, caring, outgoing, and all around happy girl, to a girl who barely wanted to get out of bed, stopped going to classes, started failing every class, and was getting […]
Women’s Mental Health
There are numerous tips about how to remain happy 24×7 in life. However, when you havelost a loved one or a pet when you have met with an accident, when you are suffering froman abusive relationship, or when you are facing unending challenges in workplace politics,you tend to lose yourself. You lose the spark to […]
Unveiling Gaslighting: Deceptive Manipulation in Modern Media
We may usually think of someone being physically assaulted when we hear theterm “domestic violence,” but attacks on mental health are undoubtedly a part of it.Gaslighting is a tool of manipulation for abusers in which they make a victim questiontheir perception of reality. Below are a few examples of gaslighting in modern televisionand novels.Fool Me […]
