We met in high school and later on a dating site. At first, things were really good. He was very loving and kind. He was so great and we were just having fun together. We READ MORE
He’d force me to send photos, then threaten to share them if I left…
We met at band camp, and it was like a fairytale love. I’d never been that happy before, in that first month of our relationship. But things began to change when he started controlling me, READ MORE
He wanted me to believe that no one would ever love me the way he did…
I was really young and I met him at my first job. He was a cook, I was a cashier. In the beginning, things were perfect. He was charming, nice and super sweet. He would READ MORE
Once I finally broke free, I felt like a completely new person…
We started dating when I was a junior in high school. He was a senior. We definitely had a “spark” but he had a lot of family drama between his divorced parents so he was READ MORE
He forced himself on me… then again, and again.
I met L at church. I had become friends with his sister and her friend group and he was a part if it. I was 11 and in 5th grade. At first, he was kind, READ MORE
He manipulated me into thinking my beliefs were inferior…
We met at university. In the beginning, he was funny, intelligent, well-cultured, sociable. He would want to go out and spend time with friends, traveling and having fun conversations, going to concerts and taking pictures. READ MORE
I shut myself off from everyone and became so cold…
We first met because we worked together. We started talking and seemed to have a lot in common. From the beginning, it felt like the perfect love story. Eventually, the more time I spent with READ MORE
Love made me try harder to keep him calm and happy…
We met on Facebook, and in the beginning, I was so into him and so excited for any time we spent together. It was summer so we both were out of school and had more READ MORE
I was doing everything “right” …Why is everything always my fault?
We met at work. At first, things were AMAZING!! Too good to be “true love.” We had an immediate connection. Eventually when things changed, he was controlling. There was manipulation and obvious lies – even READ MORE
I realized I didn’t really know what abuse was…
I will never tolerate abuse again, from anyone. We met at a concert we were attending. After approximately one year of dating, I moved in with this person, and married him after three years of READ MORE