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Domestic Abuse Stories


  • Sara 2’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Sara 2’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    What happened that made you decide to leave? I was going to college in a different state. Thankfully, that was the only way I would safely and emotionally be able to get free from the situation. How did you feel about your abuser and/or your relationship in the days before you left? I was very

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  • Casey’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Casey’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    What happened that made you decide to leave? My son was diagnosed with Autism, but my ex didn’t believe me. He told everyone that I was lying and just wanted sympathy from other people. He wouldn’t accept my son’s autism, and he treated him very unfairly. My ex would punish my son when he didn’t

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  • Caroline’s Story of Abuse

    Caroline’s Story of Abuse

    Caroline’s Signs of Being Abused It took me a long time to realize I was being abused. My ex-husband’s favorite tool was the “silent treatment”. Whenever he was “angry” at me, he would stop talking to me. He got so good at this, he would pretend I didn’t exist. He could do this for a

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  • Pamela’s Story of Abuse

    Pamela’s Story of Abuse

    How Pamela Found Out She Was Being Abused At first my husband would get angry and shout at me and call me names. Sometimes he would walk very fast up to me like he was going to hit me and then just stand there, staring down at me breathing heavily. He would bang doors and

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  • Jennifer’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Jennifer’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    What happened that made you decide to leave? The name calling, his constant spending money on drinking, and his being drunk. Amazon.com WidgetsHow did you feel about your abuser and/or your relationship in the days before you left? I was over it. I had enough. I didn’t want to live that way anymore. What three

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  • Angela Lee’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Never let on that you’re getting stronger or planning to leave. Plan then escape. There really isn’t any intermediate step. Don’t believe your friends will help you. You are alone. But don’t let that put fear in you, let that motivate you to help yourself, then help others.

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  • Sheri’s Story of Leaving Abuse

    Sheri’s Story of Leaving Abuse

    What happened that made you decide to leave? My therapist asked me why I stayed. I said it was because my daughters needed their father (I didn’t know he was abusing them at the time). He told me they’d end up with someone just like him, I told him they wouldn’t, they’d know better. He

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  • Sara’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Sara’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    What happened that made you decide to leave? After 5 tumultuous years with Carl I finally ended it. We had a relationship like no other. He was my best friend, my lover, my soulmate. I felt people could never grasp the depth of our connection and the rawness of our love. I never thought I

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  • Jim’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    Jim’s Story – Leaving Abuse

    What happened that made you decide to leave? Amazon.com WidgetsShe dumped me again. I had no choice. I’m glad she didn’t change her mind again. I stopped talking to her completely because we were still being verbally abusive to each other after the breakup. How did you feel about your abuser and/or your relationship in

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  • Sharon’s Story of Abuse

    Sharon’s Story of Abuse

    Sharon’s Signs of Being Abused My signs of abuse were all verbal…..and so blatant I didn’t really need to go look on the internet to validate. Signs included really graphic name calling (whore, slut, cunt, fucking added to any one of those, diseased bitch, cheap ass whore, etc, ad nauseum.) Added to it was manipulation

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