“They’re Just Kids:” The Dangers of Minimizing Teen Dating Violence
By Chyna Snell Abuse in intimate relationships does not discriminate by age. High school students, many of whom are navigating young love for the first time, experience violence at the hands of their romantic partners that we need to take as seriously as the domestic abuse that adults experience. According to DoSomething.org, an alarming 1.5 […]
Survivor Story: Four Years Later, I Live with Injuries from My Last Assault
Written by: Nia, Survivor August 8, 2014 – I promised to share about this day, so I am. Right now. It seems as good as any moment since over two years ago I had to get plastic surgery on my nose as a result of injuries I received after being assaulted on this date. So […]
Survivor Story: I Was in an Abusive Marriage for 15 Years
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I’m a survivor of Domestic Violence. I was with my abuser for 15 years before I had the courage to leave. My story is a long one, so I will give you the outline of my abuse. When I met my husband, he was charming and very sociable. He made me […]
Survivor Story: My Abuser Stabbed Me with Knives and Screwdrivers
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I was 17 years old back then. I was young, naïve, and thought that everyone had a heart like mine. Reality quickly taught me differently. I was a child that chose to be with a man that could’ve been my father. Nothing came good of that choice – except my two […]
Survivor Story: I Grew Up Thinking It Was Normal for a Mother to Be Abused
Written by: BTSADV Survivor I will be 21 in 2019, a strange age so attached to maturity, but that’s a word I don’t think I’ll ever be able to relate to. My earliest memory of childhood in New Zealand as a second-generation Iranian refugee is of my father pushing my mother down the stairs over […]
Survivor Story: The Abuse Started After I Moved Out of State with My Abuser
Written by: Michele, Survivor I was 23 years old. I had moved out of state and left everything behind to be with this man. The mental abuse started as soon as we moved. That went on for about a year and a half until that one night in March 2016 when he became physical. He […]
