Domestic Abuse Stories
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Sterling’s Story of Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave? I felt like something wasn’t right. After 6 years, I felt really scared and manipulated. He took control of my life by constantly calling, texting and threatening…
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Vanessa’s Story of Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave? My mental and physical health was going downhill fast. After 29 years of hell, I didn’t have much emotional or mental energy left. I wasn’t eating much…
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Layla’s Story of Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave?Many things. I had just had our first child. We were going to take pictures with family. He disappeared the night before, didn’t call or text, and showed…
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Jamie’s Story – Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave? After 4 years of going through this, I was scared to leave. I felt like I had to stay because if I left then he said he…
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My Abusive Marriage . . . and what i’m doing in it
For eighteen years I could not explain my marriage to anyone, including myself. In front of other people he was charming, and I was the one who seemed difficult. I did not start writing to…
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Little Angelou’s Story – Leaving Abuse
How I Left the Abusive Relationship What happened that made you decide to leave? I was constantly in fear. I thought I would explode with anxiety. How did you feel about your abuser and/or your…
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Boring’s Story – Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave? His behaviour escalated. I felt I had to leave because I couldn’t believe a person would treat another human the way he did if they didn’t hate…
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Sam’s Story of Abuse
How She Realized She Was Being Abused He showed jealousy, needed to control everything, came up with crazy accusations, threatened suicide, and isolated himself and me from family and friends. For some time I thought maybe I…
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I Left My Abusive Marriage: Why Am I Still In A Mental Fog?
I left my abusive marriage just like Susan, the author of the story below. Focusing on this part of her story is important because although staying in an abusive relationship isn’t easy, living after leaving…