The story of an escape from domestic violence, learning to break the cycle, and figuring out how to live.
Your People
Finding my people has been vital. I have been able to survive and thrive at moments thanks to support groups, mental health professionals, and friends and family members who I have reconnected with. When I first separated it was hard to reach out to anyone. I didn’t know how to explain that I had been…
Keeping Perspective
It is hard to keep a really solid perspective. We want to see progress as linear. Once everything starts getting better, it will keep getting better and better and never backtrack. See how unrealistic that sounds? It’s because it is. Progress isn’t linear! We wouldn’t expect that from someone else, but we want to hold…
The Soundtrack of Survival: “You Should Be Sad” and the Illusion of a Fixed Man
The life of a domestic violence survivor, especially when a child is involved, is nothing short of tumultuous. Try as we might—and I can tell you my efforts to maintain peace have been monumental—the contentious situations keep coming. I’ll answer the “why” before anyone in the comments feels the need to ask: It is simply…
