By Her View From Home 5 Crucial Words Sexual Abuse Survivors Need To Hear: It is Not Your Fault
I am currently in my late 30s. When I was five or six, I was molested by a family member…
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By Nicole Sharkey Why I Left
Trigger warning: This article discusses emotional abuse I was almost six months pregnant and I made the hardest decision of…
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By Jasmine Davis I Don’t Want My Daughters To Share These Scars of Abuse
Trigger warning: This post discusses domestic violence Long after my husband fell asleep, I lay in bed crying as quietly…
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Abuse is Hard; Speaking Up is Even Harder
**Trigger Warning: Discusses Childhood Sexual Abuse** More often than not, when people learn I grew up in a large family,…
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By Randi Latzman Surviving the Emotional Abuse of My Narcissistic Mother Made Me Stronger
Trigger Warning: Abuse This post is incredibly hard to write because I am sharing something private and very painful. This…
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By Jessika Sanders Dear Owner of a Damaged Heart
One of my biggest sins was my promiscuity. Coming from a broken home, seeing my dad go at such a…
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By Jenni Brennan Domestic Violence Awareness Starts With Me
As I sat at my desk during my 10-minute break between grief therapy clients, I opened my Facebook app to…
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By Tabitha Yates To the Women Who Protect Their Children Above All Else, You Are Brave
As a child who grew up in a home with physical, verbal, and emotional abuse, I can tell you that…
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Emotional Abuse Leaves Hidden Scars
How do you write about something when you don't really understand it yourself? Or when it all began? Or when…
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By Maralee Bradley We Can Actually ‘Save Our Children’—But Not With a Hashtag
I have spent my entire adult life working with kids from trauma. So the mixed feelings I have about the…
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By Kristen Gardiner The Sobering Reason I Always Lock My Door
I closed my front door after picking up a package and locked it. I always lock my door. It's a…
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By Jennifer Vail The Most Important Word We Can Teach Our Kids To Say is “No”
I used to live near a sex trafficker. I didn’t realize it at the time, only being in about third…
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