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I was 10 years old and never had much of a good start to life. My dad always beat my mum black and blue. I’d watched him slash her with a knife and once he tried to hang her with a rope, she was cut down by ambulance men who attended. He even held a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This Post is an anonymous guest post I was just a teenage when I suffered from domestic violence. It was the sought of thing you read in magazines and assumed it happened to married, weak women, with too many children to do anything about it. The first time it happened to me, to be honest, [...]
My first experience of violent behaviour was when I was growing up, I remember telling my neighbours, I was about 8 or so, that my dad had beaten my mum up the night before and not thought anything of it. I could tell by my dads face that I was in for it later [...]
Never in my life had I thought my dad would do this to me. I really fancyed this guy called omar we used to work together but both got laid off and found eachother a year later. My father was friends with his father so he knew the family quite well. Things between me and my [...]
Sitting here now with my 2 children feeling the over powering pride and joy I have for them. Didnt get here without trouble. Lets start from the begining….. Had a fantastic childhood with the most amazing mum in the world who would do anything for me we wasnt rich but I always had what [...]
Trolls are horrid little creatures Who don’t have many pretty features They prey on others and target the weak Just how low can one person sink? They hide behind a fake profile and name They really do have no shame Trolls have no life so they live make believe There is no place for them, [...]
I’m in a really dark place at the moment and don’t know what to do. 9-10 years ago I left my ex. He used to rape and beat me, whilst I was pregnant and after. The day I went into labour he pushed me down a flight of stairs, i ended up going into [...]
This story was given to me by the lady running the weekly group I am attending at the moment. It is a group designed to help me and others overcome fears of the past and be able to move forward in life. A Fairy Story Once upon a time there was an unmarried princess who ruled [...]
It all began when I was 17, I used to go to the pub quite a lot by me weekends it was a club. Thats where he worked id seen him a few times serving but he had the sort of face which is mate material. I later found out he was 20 years old..anyways [...]
Abuse against women is commonplace, often subtle and is perpetrated in many different ways. A man who batters and abuses a woman does it to gain and maintain control over her. Physical violence is not the only form of domestic abuse that battered women experience. An abusive man will also use the following tactics to [...]
I met David when I was 18 in a place where me and my best friend used to go to shop for dvds and games, he was in the anime section, looked really sweet and I kinda fancied in straight away as I liked goth guys. I picked up a dvd and smiled at [...]
The signs of child abuse are all around us, and often we as adults just overlook the obvious signs. It is a moral responsibility for every adult to protect the children in their lives from child abuse. If you suspect there might be an abused child in your life, then step in and do something! [...]
Earlier on today, I was called Emma’s puppet. I laughed my head off at it, in fact I was quite impressed that I’d finally got my first troll. It also occurred to me, that if I am a puppet, I am very happy and proud to be one, especially to Emma; she is a fantastic [...]
I was 3 when he sexually abused me I was at a family party and my elder cousin was there with his new girlfriend. She had two young girls. One was the same age as me and I became friends with her at the party. I asked her if he had ever done anything to [...]
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