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Guest Blogger!
I am so excited! A woman who is in the process of leaving her abusive husband decided to blog her story here on My Verbally Abusive Marriage! She’ll go by the name RedVelvetRiches, and will post as...
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The Tapping on the Window
I am 14. I have opened my window, rotating it out just enough to see his headlights reflect in it when he turns down his driveway. I want him to return home, want him to come tapping on my window. …...
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Missing Link
I’m confused. I’m missing a link somewhere between where I am and where I am headed. I am working from home and in school full-time. I am surviving on a small settlement in the interim, planning on it...
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Blame – Feature Film About Abuse in Relationships
This film is not yet produced. The link takes you to a page from where you can donate to get production off the ground. About the Film: “Blame” is a full-length feature independent film that explores...
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Wife beating caught on video
The abuser received 36 years in prison, the longest sentence given to someone who abused (but did not kill) his wife in New York. The judge viewed the visual evidence afforded by the tape, and finally...
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Celebrate what makes you great!
Tshirts to empower: Related posts:The Universe Makes It Hard Sometimes
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Little Update
My grandma is really sick. I’m worried about her. Please keep Granny in your prayers and ask that she be able to return home soon because she isn’t going to like the nursing home at all. Also, I...
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Begging for It
My brain muddles when I wish it were clear. I want time, more time, more time…but for what? This pessimistic vibe infiltrating my outlook feels controlling and mean. I see visions of failure where...
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Mick’s Story of Abuse
I guess people don’t often think of men as victims of abuse, but I’m one. I’ve been married 8 years and have one child. My wife and I met and got married pretty quickly – a few months. Everything was …...
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Maribel’s Story of Verbal Abuse
Maribel described her abusive relationship with the words threatened, scared, hopeless and hurt. She found out she was being abused when her partner threatened to slap her. She writes: It all started...
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Penny’s Story of Abuse
Penny felt embarassed, stupid, and emotional pain during her abusive experience. She found out she was being abused when she “felt something was not right”, lost, and unloved (among other things)....
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Connie’s Story of Abuse
Connie struggles to live with her husband who constantly confuses her with his words and actions. He has not physically abused her at this point, but many people do not know that blocking doors,...
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Emma’s Story of Abuse
I have a master’s in mechanical engineering and recently returned from Germany back to my home country in India. The reason being that I am preparing for my career in pure mathematics and had no other...
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Cycle of Abuse and The Goose Who Laid The Golden Egg
Written November 2009 while still married to my husband: Abuse is wildly twisted and warps the minds and hearts of everyone it touches. The ones who we call abusers are as tortured as the ones we call...
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Sharing my liberation…restoring my voice.
Kellie Jo’s website was one of the first things I found the day after I left my husband on January 20, 2012. We’d only been married since June 11, 2011. I gave up my home in NY, most of my … Continue...
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Resistance to Abuse
Abuse forces us to pull inward, become less assertive, feel less brave. Even though you are inside of yourself for protection, know there are plenty of women like you. Reach out to us, call a hotline,...
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Help?
I am passionate about domestic abuse advocacy. I do it for free. I quit a paying job to do it full-time, with the idea that I would figure out a way to help other women suffering under the effects of …...
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Looking for My Abusive Marriage Posts?
I left my husband in January of 2010, but my posts begin a year before. If you want to compare stories, check the archives to the right or click here for the beginning. Related posts:Three Stories of...
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Voicemails From The Day I Left My Abusive Husband
I saved as many of the voicemails from my abusive husband as I could in the days after leaving. Listen to three here. Sound familiar? Continue reading → Related posts:Husband AbuseCindy’s Abusive...
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I Won’t Pray for a “Break” Again
I’m struggling to call this latest event a “blessing in disguise” although I know bad things always turn out that way in the end. My son totaled another car of mine. Last time saddened me because I...
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