esacping abuse She asked me if I was safe. That's when I realised my truth. When the twins started senior school, I studied for a degree in something he 'approved' of. After all, he was paying the fees and wasn't going to waste a penny on me learning something worthless.
childhood abuse Featured She told me my father didn’t love me enough to stay. My mother abused the very part of me that was my father, and he presumed me to be my mother, I was disliked immensely by both parents till the day they died
abusive father Featured My father used me to have contact with my mother. I learnt to sit quietly, not make a nuisance of myself and daydream. I went from being very bright and curious to having 'learning issues'. Society was cruel, and I was punished for having divorced parents.
child of divorce This was my Christmas. Christmas marketing reminding me that my life was already a failure, that I was an outcast from societal norms. One celebrated the idea of Christmas and the other thought it was nonsense.
emotional abuse He is not the man I married. No longer telling her she hadn't achieved anything in her life, he started to assure her she was a crap mother. He began to undermine every single decision she made.
emotional abuse Featured You're not imagining it, trust yourself. Leaving an abusive relationship takes careful planning, logistics, and support. Without that support and protection, the abused often return, or worse.
emotional abuse Interview me! I am the angry ex-wife. Dani and Maddox, a holiday romance that should have ended on the beach.