Survivor Story: Her Husband Held a Gun to Her Head in Front of Their Children

Submitted by: Carla*, Survivor Each year, one out of every three adolescents experiences some form of abuse at the hand of their partner. Only one third of those teens ever reveal to anyone that they are being abused. Many of these teens go on to marry, putting the victim at greater risk of escalation of […]

Survivor Story: My Abuser Repeatedly Raped and Sexually Abused Me

Written by: BTSADV Survivor When I first met him, I was a short, small-town, fourteen-year-old girl who was swept off my feet by his charm and sweet words. I felt like the princess he would tell me I was. After being interested in him for a year, he took me to a movie and asked […]

Angel Story: My Abuser Shot Me and A Friend After I Left

Written by: BTSADV Survivor I was with my abuser for eight years. It all started when I was young and did not want to listen to anyone. When I first started dating him, I was 15 years old. It was also at that age that I first experienced the abuse, but I ignored the red […]

Survivor Story: My Abuser Repeatedly Strangled Me

Written by: BTSADV Survivor I was almost 14 years old when the verbal and emotional abuse had started. It was when I was pregnant with my son that he began hurting me physically. He mentally abused me for months before it escalated, and I never realized that he was the reason I was harming myself. […]

Survivor Story: Breaking My Silence for the First Time

Written by: BTSADV Survivor My story happened in the summer of 1974 when I was 14 years old. This is the first time ever telling my story. Maybe it is time it is told — perhaps it will help someone else. I was 14 when I first met him. He told me he was 16, […]