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Domestic Abuse Stories


  • Share What You Know About Domestic Violence and Abuse

    Share What You Know About Domestic Violence and Abuse

    The interview I did with Gary Copeland as host is posted at Healthy Place Mental Health Radio Show and titled My Verbally Abusive Marriage. I’m not certain what to think about the interview. I was nervous for some reason, and think that I didn’t answer some of the questions succinctly. While thinking about my answers,…

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  • Guess What? Interview about abuse on HealthyPlace.com

    Guess What? Interview about abuse on HealthyPlace.com

    I’m going to be interviewed on Healthy Place Radio on Wednesday, January 5th at 8pm CST, 9pm EST! The interview will be about my experience with abuse. I am looking forward to it very much, and I hope you will tune in. If you can’t make it for the live show, Ms. Holly Gray plans…

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  • Bouncy Ball

    Abusive relationships begin with promise as do all new relationships. But abusive relationships turn one partner into a prisoner.

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  • Trusting Myself Works

    Trusting Myself Works

    Recently, my friend’s daughter has launched a seek and destroy campaign against him. She’s pulled up facts (and rumors) from his past and attempted to make people believe they’re current activities (i.e. heroin addiction! among other crap).  She’s another self-absorbed controller unleashing her special brand of evil into the world.

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  • Verbal Abuse PSA

    Verbal Abuse PSA

    These verbal abuse PSAs (public service announcements) shows the damage verbal abuse can do to a person and what verbal abuse sounds like. Corinthians 13:4-8 New International Version (NIV) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not…

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  • Daybreak – Short Story of Leaving My Abuser

    Daybreak – Short Story of Leaving My Abuser

    A short story about leaving an abusive soldier filled with fear, love, disappointment and freedom.

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  • Pride and Greed

    Pride and Greed were walking a darkened path. Pride was talking excitedly about the wonderful ideas floating around inside of her. In her excitement, she…

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  • Hostile Take-Over

    Hostile Take-Over

    Abuse of any sort is a hostile takeover. He’s there, everywhere you turn, every thought you think must first go through the filter “Is it okay to do this? Is it okay to say this? Am I going to start trouble if I go ahead with this?” It’s enough to make the sanest person crazy.…

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  • BANG! It’s ABUSE!

    BANG! It’s ABUSE!

    Verbal abuse happens out of nowhere. It’s as if he waits for me to settle down, calm down, relax a little…and then BANG! There it is.

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  • Cycle of Abuse Video

    I wish I knew how to explain all of this without sounding like a crybaby or that I’m blaming my abuser for everything. I really wish I could come across as someone who knew exactly what she was doing and knew exactly what she was talking about and had the answers for everything…not that I…

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