Survivor Story: I Graduated College and He Tried to End My Life
Dealing with COVID-19 Triggers
By Jenn Rockefeller The current COVID-19 pandemic has kept many domestic violence survivors in their homes and changed the way we live. These changes have elicited triggers that can bring a survivor through varying degrees of challenges while fighting to survive and thrive post-abuse. Triggers Survivors Face Domestic violence survivors will no doubt face numerous […]
I Still Have the Scars but I Will Always Wear Them with Pride
Criminal harassment, forcible confinement, assault, gaslighting, manipulation, psychological abuse are all terms that I had come across in my life. They were terms that I was familiar with on a need-to-know basis. As it turns out, I did not know enough about any of them until I somehow landed smack dab in the middle of it all.
Physical and Emotional Safety Planning During a Pandemic
Survivor Story: The Abuse Escalated to Strangulation and Rape
Submitted by: *Brandy, Survivor Survivors often admit that leaving an abuser was not a one-time event for them. Successfully exiting an abusive relationship can take an average of seven times, and each time a victim returns, there may be a short period of calm. However, once the abuse resumes, the level of violence typically escalates […]
Survivor Story: As a Nurse Who Often Helped Victims of Domestic Violence, I Hid the Experienced at Home
Submitted by: *Zoey, Survivor People often wrongly assume that anyone whose work is to help victims and survivors of domestic violence cannot become victims of abuse themselves. However, this is far from true. While learning about the signs of abuse can help us avoid dangerous relationships, this knowledge does not automatically mean that we are […]
