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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 […]

How Abuse Isolates You

By: Jenn Rockefeller It’s not obvious, and it’s not all at once. It’s subtle and creeps up towards you. It’s so subtle that you won’t know what’s happening until it’s right on top of you and maybe not even then! What is “it”? It’s called isolation, and abusers use it to systematically take you away […]

Survivor Story: As She Was Leaving, He Attacked Her with Her Baby in Her Arms

Submitted by: Amanda, Survivor On average, it takes seven attempts to leave before a victim successfully exits an abusive relationship. There are many reasons why exiting is so difficult. Some victims may not want to break their family apart or rely on the abusive partner to survive. Others hold out hope that the abuser will […]

Survivor Story: As the Abuse Escalated, She Slowly Lost Herself

Submitted by: *Amber, Survivor Survivors of domestic violence do not go into a relationship expecting to be abused. Even when they have helped others leave an abusive partner, they may not recognize the signs of abuse in time to help themselves. Over time, the effects of abuse and shame and isolation become more difficult to […]

Survivor Story: A Survivor Shares a Letter to Her Abuser

Submitted by: BTSASDV Survivor Writing letters that we will never send can help us process the hurt and trauma of past experiences. It can help us make sense of things that we struggle to understand. Survivors of trauma can also benefit from writing down our feelings or telling others how what they did affected us […]

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