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Personal Stories
This page is devoted to all the wonderful brave people who have
had the strength to live through the Hell which is Domestic Abuse,
the strength to fight it and break free, and share their stories,
feelings and experiences to help others.
If you would like your story included on this page, please email
me. Thank you.
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Personal Stories
- Emma's
Story - "You'd never pick him out as an
abuser, he was small built and never got into fights and everyone
who met him thought he was a sweet guy. ..." -
NEW (August 2007)
- Evie's
Story - A Chance to be Myself ... That's All? - From
a shy withdrawn 19 year old meeting what appeared to be an older,
wiser man, this incredible woman charts her descent into domestic
violence and forced prostitution and the turning point to finally
breaking free and having a chance to find herself. -
NEW (June 2007)
- Louise's
Story - "We were only together 10 months
yet it feels like it lasted a lifetime ..." Still waiting
to be truly free, this brave woman traces clearly the subtle web
which entangled her in an abusive relationship with a married
man. - NEW (June
2007)
- Ange
and Brian's Story - "This is the story of
Ange - my wife, Me – Brian and how we came together from
opposite sides of the world and how Ange was able to get out of
a hell that was her life." -
NEW (August 2007)
- Kiara's
Story - married to an abuser for 5 years, Kiara gives
us an insight into how it feels, not only to live in an abusive
marriage, but also the condemning attitudes of other people, including
people from her own Church.
- Carla's
Story - a really touching story of Carla as a child
witnessing and being implicated in her stepfather's abuse. For
all those that think the kids aren't affected ... read this!
- Vella's
Story - a touching and terrifying story from a courageous
and caring survivor who found that emotional and mental abuse
can and does lead to pure evil violence and even murder.
- M.P.'s
Story - abuse can hit at any age ... MP, now in her
early twenties, shows how a confident 17-year old found her self-esteem
eroded as the abusive relationship progressed and shares with
us her determination to rebuild her life.
- Rachel's
Story - from a normal boyfriend/girlfriend to battery
and intimate rape, recovery and reaching out to help others, this
strong and loving survivor shares her experiences and feelings
with us. From the authoress of Aphrodite
Wounded, an excellent informative and personal website on
Intimate Rape.
- Anna's
Story - ... "I never once realised that I was suffering
from domestic violence thinking that it was only related to physical
not mental abuse ... "
- J.'s
Story - written by a very brave 13-year old who is
just starting on the road to healing following a childhood of
witnessing the abuse of her mother and brothers and suffering
violence at the hands of her father herself.
- There
IS Life after abuse! - "I was in an abusive
relationship that lasted for 21 years. By the time I left I was
barely functioning. I thought I was crazy. Now, six long, hard,
incredible years later not only have I managed to survive, but
I have also found contentment, my soul mate, and, most importantly,
myself along the way. There IS life after abuse. This is my story
... "
- Intervention
and Knowledge - After being raised in an abusive
household and then suffering 10 years of further abuse in her
marriage, this brave survivor stays determined to continue the
battle for freedom ...
- Hannah's
Story - "... I want some people to hear
my story and hopfully this will help people understand it's a
long road out but in the end there is light if you let it in ..."
- Joanne's
Story - with honesty and clarity this brave survivor
details the path she travelled into an abusive relationship, the
struggles and emotional hurdles faced in finally leaving and starting
on the road to peace.
- Charlotte's
Story - The punching started on the first anniversary
- the first of many in six years of mental and physical abuse
...
- A
Bed of Thorns - "I know when it began, only,
I don’t know why. I remember the first time like it was
yesterday. I can still see his face; see the anger and hatred
etched upon it. It happened so fast. I never saw it coming. I
learned a lot then. I learnt to notice the signs. I learnt to
do as I was told. That was how I learned to walk on egg shells
– it’s an art that must be mastered. Only I could
never quite master it, not to his standards anyway ..."
- Belinda's
Story - The story of a middle class Jamaican girl
suffering 9 years of brutality told with clarity, honesty and
much courage: "I saw the first sign of jealousy only one
week into our relationship. I was flattered, a near fatal mistake.
..." (added Feb 2007)
- Lost
the Battle but Won the War - this is the awsome story
of one women and her experience of life in Ireland
from the fifties to the present day, from early abuse as a child
through an abusive marriage and the abuse of the legal system
set up to protect her, culminating in her final escape. (added
Feb 2007)
- When
I want your opinions .... (a prayer for that woman I still love)
- "An Internet date can lead to unpredictable outcomes.
When that person’s life is shaped by undiagnosed issues
or unresolved yesterdays - or both - you know you’re going
to hurt. Sad thing is, you just never know." (added
Feb 2007)
- Becky's
Story - "I am still 16 years old but I know
I have learned the biggest lesson in my life and I know from this
boy I will not be taking any hassle off any boy again. Please
follow in my tracks and stand up for yourself ..." -
NEW (March 2007)
- Recovering
from Marital Rape: a Personal Journey - "It
was three years since I had last been assaulted, I had gone over
and over everything, knew all the facts and stats and jargon.
I thought I had worked through it and largely 'got over it', and
yet this experience made me realise that in actual fact I had
not really healed at all, was nowhere near 'over it'."
- NEW (March 2007)
- Varda's
Story - "I suffered 17 years of violence
of all forms, my children were also victims of physical and mental
abuse ... then one day he went too far ..." -
NEW (March 2007)
Poetry
On this page you can find a selection of Poetry and Prose either
by Survivors or on abuse. If you have a poem or anything else you
have written to share with us, please email
me. Thank you.
To
read all the poems, click here!
Or choose from the list of peoms below:
Prose
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