We met through work and things were really good in the beginning. Still, I sensed something mysterious about him but I wasn’t sure what it was. Unfortunately, he became controlling, manipulative, emotionally and physically abusive. He stopped helping pay the READ MORE
He’d slap, push, and even punch me…
I was a cheerleader and I met him at his school during a football game. When we first started dating, he was so sweet, funny, and would flood me with compliments. We would spend so much time together and when READ MORE
It took me years to realize it was rape and domestic violence…
I was 19 and we met at work. I was newly single and not happy about it – i.e., I’d been dumped. It had always been obvious to everyone we worked with, and me, that he had a crush on READ MORE
It felt too good to be true…
I met my partner through a friend. Her boyfriend worked with him. The beginning was beautiful! I thought he was my dream come true. Too good to be true. He was so sweet and cared so much for me. When READ MORE
I thought I would know the signs…
I was abused by my biological father, as well as a guy I was dating my first year of college. My biological father was always abusive, even before I was born. Before any physical harm, I watched it happen to READ MORE
I was scared to speak up…
We met through a friend when I was 17 and he was 18 turning 19. I was in 11th grade, he was in 12th, and we attended different schools. At first, he was sweet and shy, supportive of my friendships, READ MORE
I did what I could to minimize the abuse and keep him happy…
We met in a teen meditation group we went to together and had mutual friends who would socialize outside of meditation classes. We both had left high school early and were having a slightly different experience than our other friends READ MORE
I didn’t know I was a victim of violence…
We met through a friend at age 16, and things were perfect, like a teenage fairytale. As the relationship went on, he became more and more controlling about me answering his calls and texts, who I’d hang out with, asking READ MORE
Know your worth…
I come from a very tight knit family, so we were all close growing up. When I was 15 years old, my older cousin was 30, and he was great. He was like another brother to me (since my own READ MORE
Surviving childhood sexual abuse, driving change…
My abuser was a member of my family. At first, everything was normal. I was just a baby with not a care in the world. Then, my stepfather sexually abused me at the young age of 7 years old. I READ MORE