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Domestic Abuse Stories


  • Face Forward Restores Faces Maimed by Domestic Violence

    Face Forward Restores Faces Maimed by Domestic Violence

    “Face Forward works with community leaders around the nation to identify victims of violence who are legitimately working toward recovery and who carry the physical evidence of past abuse,” namely, the kind of abuse you see in the mirror, every day, that reminds you of your abusive past.

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  • Anne’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Anne’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    The process of leaving abuse helped Anne “take a clearer look at him and realize that I … couldn’t be happy with him.” Love couldn’t change that fact.

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  • Cindy’s Story of Abuse

    Cindy’s Story of Abuse

    Cindy’s Signs of Being Abused I read The Verbally Abusive Man: Can He Change? by Patricia Evans. I realized my husband had made me his dream woman. In other words, I was there to express some part of him that he had never learned or been allowed to express. If I had my own thoughts…

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  • Lori’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Lori’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    I realize I am a survivor-I am a stronger woman for opening my eyes and stepping away from someone who didn’t respect themselves and would never respect me.

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  • Rachel’s Story of Abuse

    Rachel’s Story of Abuse

    Rachel’s Signs of Being Abused I felt abused from the first week but never realised abuse was anything other than physical or sexual. Verbal abuse is his choice now, but there have been physical episodes. I guess my feelings of abuse were validated when my doctor asked if I was anorexic, and when her receptionist…

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  • Robin’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Robin’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    I felt there was no more love left when I looked at him I had hate for him. I was angry at myself for trusting and for staying for so many years.

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  • Moyo’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Moyo’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    If there is any one out there going through this, you are not alone. Don’t be scared. You are better off on your own than with a man that makes you feel inadequate.

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  • Inspirational Blogs

    Inspirational Blogs

    We may suffer, we may cry, but we all have the free will to choose how we deal with our pain. Submitting to abuse causes you to deny who you are and trash the unique qualities, abilities and experiences given to you. What a waste of a great human.

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  • Abuse Quotes from Survivors

    Abuse Quotes from Survivors

    Most of the quotes I’ve collected come from women. However, I believe that the reason I have more abuse quotes from women is because women reach out for help more often. Women seem more likely to share their stories. Perhaps we’re simply wired that way, or maybe society doesn’t want to believe a man could…

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  • Jenny’s Story of Abuse

    Jenny’s Story of Abuse

    Jenny’s Signs of Being Abused I didn’t realize it was abuse until I came across the term “gaslighting” on Mumsnet. I found out what he did when I came across piles of letters he’d been hiding from me. We had a big row and he promised not to do it again. Then I found a whole…

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