Every week in the UK, two women are killed by a current or former partner. The recent headlines around a young woman who was killed alongside her sister and mother by her former partner highlight …
Domestic Violence Awareness
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Why It Ends With Us Misses the Mark: A Survivor’s Take on the Romanticisation of Domestic Violence
I’m not in my usual writing spot tonight. I don’t even have my laptop. It’s a Saturday evening, and I’m sitting alone on the sofa, reality TV flickering in the background as I try to …
5 Reasons Why I Stayed In An Abusive Relationship for 7 Years
It’s a Friday evening as I write this. I’m sitting on my sofa, half-watching a feature about Duran Duran on Top Of The Pops 2, sipping on a can of 7 up and hoping my …
Moving On To New Relationships After Domestic Abuse
I’ve spoken a few times about my past experiences with domestic abuse on my blog, but one thing I haven’t yet discussed is my experience of moving on to a new relationship and the impact …
How It Feels To Live With Domestic Abuse
When people speak about domestic violence, the image that comes to most peoples minds is usually that of a downtrodden middle aged woman. A housewife most likely. Someone who’s been married to her bully of …
To The Girl In The Abusive Relationship
To The Girl In The Abusive Relationship, Look at you…there you are again, for the second time this month….sitting on the bathroom floor , sobbing, bruised and battered. Blisters forming on the soles of your …
The Wedding That Never Was…..My Story
As most of you will know, I am not married to Jon. There’s nothing at all unusual about that I know – lots of couples I know aren’t married, but have children together – some …