In addition to reaching out for help, you will also need to reach within yourself. Your biggest ally will be your emotions. Through them, you will learn more about what really happened to you, how...

Never believe a man’s claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way.

There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.

A woman’s love for a man should never be taken for granted. What is life without love?

It’s not easy to be me.

There certainly are some women who treat their male partners badly, berating them, calling them names, attempting to control them. The negative impact on these men’s lives can be considerable. But do we see men...

Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.

Never allow forgiveness to rule your heart. Let go of your hurts. Embrace healing.

Overcoming abuse doesn’t just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

the gravity of wound to fist

Christy isn’t a case, he’s a person.

It is through that brokenness that we find courage and strength. It is what empowers us to do great things.

Throughout my entire miserable childhood I woke at least once a night weeping from overwhelming delight. I did it hungry, I did it after beatings, I did it after the deaths of loved ones.Now you...

Being a victim is supposed to set you free; it acquits you of any agency, any sense of responsibility to the person who did you harm. It’s not your fault, they say. Leave him, they...

This isn’t normal. This isn’t how normal people think. Fuck off, world- what the hell is normal anyway?

If as we see nightfall, we become capable of accepting love,let’s celebrate an alliance with our unbroken delusions. Who ever knew we would say goodbye to oblivion? Who ever knew we would accept hope?

I am small.So are stars from a distance. It’s all a matter of perspective.

I’m left with Haymitch in the rubble, wondering if Finnick’s fate would have one day been mine. Why not? Snow could have gotten a really good price for the girl on fire.

All people cross the line from childhood to adulthood with a secondhand opinion of who they are. Without any questioning, we take as truth whatever our parents and other influentials have said about us during...

I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me.

One can learn from what is not said.

Deep connection is the antidote to madness.

Clouds of confusionrolled into illusionHe veils perversionforcing her coercionHer body he takeswhile she flies awayunbelievable, she’s invisible

Abusive relationships exist because they provide enough rations of warmth, laughter, and affection to clutch onto like a security blanket in the heap of degradation. The good times are the initial euphoria that keeps addicts...

Don’t try to be brave all at once. Take it in steps.

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.

Don’t you love your mother, dear?””I guess so. A hard, sharp, thorny kind of love that might be pity more than anything else.

Nobody has ever killed themselves over a broken arm. But every day, thousands of people kill themselves because of a broken heart. Why? Because emotional pain hurts much worse than physical pain.

It is strange… the reasons one feels he doesn’t deserve things.

There was a moment of hesitation in which Joe looked into her eyes, and she looked back without flinching. Many a time, he had been at the same game with her, and she had always...

A child deserves to be loved but never to be maltreated.

There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it’s the cause that is usually most vilified.

Memories demand attention, and these memories will have teeth.

God is the source of life. Life without God is hopeless. But life with God is an endless hope

I just can’t seem to do anything right.”At other moments, he sounds wounded and lost, hungering for love and for someone to take care of him. When this side of him emerges, he appears open...

Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.

He doesn’t hurt us anymore.”Of course he doesn’t hurt you anymore, I think. You’re not defenseless anymore.

YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER.One of the basic human rights he takes away from you is the right to be angry with him....

Abuse doesn’t define you.

There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it’s continued effects on us won’t “just go away”. That’s our breakthrough moment. It’s the sun coming out...