I was just aimlessly scrolling through Pinterest trying to kill some time during an afternoon slump at work and I came across this quote. It triggered a little rabbit hole of memories that made me want to write and share. “As a little girl, I was scared that there would be monsters sleeping under my […]
When news stories like this one arise I feel so many things. I feel sadness and horror about the actual event, I feel the connection of the similarities I have experienced in my own abusive marriage, and I feel very thankful that I was able to survive the domestic violence and leave safely. It is […]
The Narcissist liked to leave me places when he was angry. He did it a lot just by walking away from me in a mall or a grocery store… or if we were out running he would sprint off so fast there was no way I could catch up. I can’t even tell you how […]
aka: The things I wish someone taught me when I was a pre-teen girl. Dating should be about figuring out what you want and what you don’t want. For some reason when I was young I had this mentality that every person I dated was going to be “forever.” I can remember even as young as […]
It just keeps getting worse… this news is particularly hard to take. Trump plans to eliminate 25 violence against women grant programs as way to cut spending Donald Trump’s staff has big plans to cut government spending, the most startling of which is a proposal to eliminate the Department of Justice’s violence against women grant […]
The Amber Heard and Johnny Depp abuse story has been all over the media for the past few months, and has brought about a whole lot of conversations on domestic violence. People have been saying everything from claims that Amber was lying about the abuse, to the other end of the spectrum where people were protesting […]
81% of veterans suffering from depression and PTSD engaged in at least one violent act against their partner in the past year. – Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Public Health & Environmental Hazards (Jan 2009) Male veterans with PTSD are 2 to 3 times more likely to engage in domestic violence compared to those […]
The month of October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I am trying to be as active as can be on social media to spread the word. At 23 years old I found myself married to someone who epitomized Jekyll and Hyde. Most people looked at our marriage and saw two beautiful and happy people. Most […]
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