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I have lost my mother forever, who is alive. I have found some answers why my mother is the way she is, but there is so much I do not know yet. I will find out before my Autobiography is published. My parents have taken me out of their Will so many times I lost [...]
Standing in front of you I knew, I knew that if I said the wrong word, made the wrong sound I was in trouble. My arms instinctively provided some small protection from the baby; I was 5 weeks away from giving birth. The monster stood staring back, with such hatred in his eyes, growing at [...]
A ticking time-bomb is what he was. Ready to unleash hell at the slightest mishap. He didn’t understand love, faith or caring. Grief and pain confused him. Incapable of listening and consumed by his anger he’d hurt who I loved and destroy everything I built. He’d crush my world and leave me to pick up [...]
I can single handedly say that having my daughter is saving my life. Simply because if I didn’t have her, I know I couldn’t stay here. I have struggled with depression as long as I can remember. I grew up with alcoholic parents in a domestic violence environment. Suffered from anorexia and bulimia as a teenage and [...]
The subject that touches my heart the most has to be domestic violence. I lived it and I survived yet I know not everyone is as lucky. 1 in 4 women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime – many of these on a number of occasions. One incident of domestic [...]
I was pregnant and newly married when I gave up my full-time, permanent job in Edinburgh and moved to England with my husband who was working as a police officer. We were very happy , I was 27 and with a degree, five years teaching experience and a lot of confidence. I was quite sure i’d get another job [...]
What is a childhood? I find this almost impossible to define the variation of childhoods is so wide, there are a number of factors that go into the mix or are there. My background; I was born into what was called a working class family,despite of what I would think of my dad now,back then he [...]
I was involved with this girl, things were never great when we lived in Hampshire. We used to share the chores as we both worked. I got the bathroom, everything had to be bleached. Without exception. One time I didn’t do it properly and she threatened to put bleach in my tea if I didn’t [...]
January 2008 – I was 18 years old, I started a new college and made new friends. I might this “amazing” man through one of this girls at college, left all my old friends behind and moved up to be closer to him. Things started off great, he was lovely sweet and kind, he [...]
Domestic violence laws will now criminalise mental torment, mind games and money controls too and laws will be applied to those aged under 18 read the headline on the Mail Online. Men who verbally abuse and control the finances of their victims along with isolating them from family and friends are now being seen as [...]
Today a frustrated and desperate mum asks for your help. What do you do when your faced with making a choice over your partner and your own child? My Partner Is Leaving Me Because Of My Son; Please Help Me My eleven year old son has witnessed all sorts of violence against me. I split [...]
I was just 8 when I became aware of the abuse my mum was suffering. I often wondered why she didn’t wear her hair nice, wear make-up well apart from occasionally needing to wear concealer or wear nice clothes. The only time she did any of this was when he was away, a bit [...]
Sometimes we tend to blame victims of domestic violence, with statements and questions like this… Why would she stay there and take it? What sort of love is that? She can leave the children, and come back for them later? Didn’t she know he was abusive before they got together? If it was me, I [...]
Am I in an abusive relationship? I am asked far too many times, it’s difficult to have to explain that yes they are after listening to honest feelings and experiences. What’s more heart wrenching is having to listen to a mother disclose how desperately low she feels and how afraid she is at the hands of the [...]
For as long as I can remember from being a child there were words in my ears. Every day I was told exactly what I was. As time passed it became all I knew. There was nobody to tell me any different. I could cope with the physical violence but it’s the words that [...]
I felt the bile rise in my throat when I heard him stumble through the back door, it slammed with such force that the picture fell from the wall. I smelt the alcohol on his breath as he crouched down before me as I sat in the chair, trying to hold my composure together. [...]
Verbal abuse is still abuse. It’s abuse in the form of words. Don’t assume that a few hurtful words won’t cost them their life. Words hurt. Verbal abuse involves just as much hurt and damage as punches, slaps or kicks do. Words are used in a way to attack you, control you and hurt you. An [...]
The year was 2002, the Christmas decorations hung on the ceiling, the tinsel glittered around the mirror and as the Christmas tree was thrown across the room, the piercing screams from the children could be heard. “Go to your room” shouted the mother. The children despite being so young had already learned that those [...]
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