Domestic Abuse Survivors Community Group
Domestic Abuse Survivors is a group for survivors and their support network to air their past and present experiences of emotional as well as physical abuse. It was established to give a forum on a subject society tends to shy away from.
I was in an abusive relationship for 17 years it's the only relationship I've ever even been in so what I thought of as love im now finding out wasn't love at all and that sucks my dad says things like I just need to let it go and it's insulting frankly. I let it go for 17 years just because I'm no longer being abused doesn't mean the pain and anger are gone. I refuse to let it go when I was tortured for 17 years and everyone blames me because I stayed. I really think I had Stockholm syndrome or something because I still feel attached to him even though I know for sure he is an abusive narcissist it's so hard. 17 years is a long time to be with someone and he ruined my life and I let him.
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My 5 year old came forward on March 5th That another child in his class was reaching into his pants under his underwear and touching his penis each time he was in this class. The offending child and him sat alone at the table, clearly out of sight. He was trapped because he was afraid of disrupting class and afraid of the other kids, laughing if they knew what happened. The disturbed child...
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The hardest part for me in the aftermath of my child being abused is the lack of support on all levels. The betrayal from the system, my best friends , his family, being left to parent challenging children while being blamed and this being so traumatic for me due to my own history of abuse. It's enraging and impacts relationships. I wish people would be more considerate without me having to...