I was 15 years old when I met him.
Both of us had experienced trauma in our short lives and then we had a family together.

It wasn’t until many years later that I would learn there was a name for the way I was being spoken to, treated and controlled.

It was Domestic Violence.

And it wasn’t pretty.

Domestic Violence isn’t an argument every now and again or even regularly.

Domestic Violence is an ongoing pattern of escalating abusive behaviours where one person attempts to control the other using physical, emotional, mental, sexual, financial and/or social means.

It’s usually undetectable in the beginning but almost always escalates over time; wearing victims down, changing their reality, breaking their spirit, causing them to question their worth and live in fear.

This is my true story of a Domestic Violence relationship.

It’s a story of my childhood, how the relationship developed over time, the complex facets of Domestic Violence, abuse, manipulation and fear, how I managed to escape, the trauma I was left to deal with, post separation control and how I began to heal my soul.

Written in 2017 when I was five years out, Why I Stayed is proof that there is life after Domestic Violence.

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I share my healing journey in the hopes of contributing to yours.

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