Domestic Abuse Stories
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How I Left An Abusive Relationship Interview
How do you get out of an abusive relationship? You just leave. When the thought to leave strikes you, act on it, go. You deal with the emotions and hardships after you’ve left, one by one, just as you deal with all life challenges. Working out a safety plan in advance, just in case, doesn’t…
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Maribel’s Story of Abuse
Maribel’s Signs of Being Abused I found out when he threatened me physically. Maribel’s Emotional Signs of Abuse Threatened, Scared, Hopeless, Hurt Maribel’s Story of Abuse It all started when he said for me to bring him his phone from the room. He did not say it in a polite fashion, although I dismissed that and the following conversation…
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Things Abusers Say and Do
Things abusers say and do are designed to control you. Whether abusers say and do these things knowingly or unconsciously, the result is the same: you feel lower than dirt, or become afraid and intimidated. In your weakened state, your abuser finds it much easier to gain power over you.
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Anatomy of a Fight
Originally I titled this “What I Cause” to reflect the feelings my abuser wanted me to assume. It worked for many years. He said it was my fault he blew up in rages, my fault he calmed down and used all his strength to revert to a position of protector, the one who had to…