Survivor Stories

Sometimes I wonder, What if I hadn’t married such an abusive man, what would I be doing? Would I be happily married to an actual nice and...

What is normal?! I only know that my “new normal” is not being hit and punched and sworn at, everyday by my husband, who thought it is...

Having only being married for less than a year, I have been beaten over a hundred times or more, (no exaggeration), and told that I am...

As someone once asked me what were the worst parts of going through the system with my abuser–besides the abuse I suffered, I could say a...

There is a time to step out and seek a new way to survive, all of the past hurts and bruises you have suffered at the hands of your...

If I could speak of one incident done by my abuser it would be this. As I was pushed out of a moving vehicle not long ago by my abusive...

I guess you would say that I am not only taking a huge chance but also a leap to freedom by preparing to escape my abuser, who is my...

Today I woke up (thankfully) after a horrible night filled with my husband throwing me around the room and hitting me. He came home and...

To anyone who may care; I know it was my choice to marry this man, who hits me every day. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t...

I may be nameless to strangers who don’t know me, but I struggle everyday to feel human, as my husband has made me feel less than human,...

As I was asked to write my story of survival, in my journey as a domestic violence survivor, I thought of the fact that no one really...

I was watching a movie, not long ago, with the words I say to myself everyday, since the first day he hit me, and caused a bad bloody...

As I was walking this morning, to clear my head, after another emotional draining morning, of my abuser husband hitting me and throwing...

Like a butterfly……I am finally free! If I believe in myself, which is very difficult, I can accomplish anything. Look at me NOW! I left...

I am a mystery to many people, who think that abuse is something you just “get over.” Haha…..yeah sure…. I have heard that term, time and...

A Scar is a Mark. A Scar is Damage done. Scars Hurt! My Scars do not define who I am, but they are part of me. I began what I thought was...

I like to think of a time, long ago, when I was truly happy. Will I ever be again? I hope so, I pray it will be so, but I don’t know. I...

Some days, I just like to sit by myself in the forest preserve, after taking a long and peaceful walk. I just like to sit and listen, to...

Dear Lord, I ask for your strength today. You see – I escaped a few days ago, as you know. But… I am scared, I am stressed, I am afraid....

I don’t believe in, nor trust people. I don’t really know how to sum up the pain that has been caused. It’s often too much – too...