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| I am a twenty-six
year old survivor of domestic abuse, with a young child.
I left at six months pregnant, after a bout with double
pneumonia, when the abuse escalated from severe mental
and occasional physical to extreme in both areas. I finished
law school with the help of my mother, and am now practicing
law. It took a long time to understand what my husband
was doing to me, and longer to accept that he refused
to acknowledge the abuse for what it was. But when you
believe the abuse is your fault. If only I didn't behave
like this. He wouldn't be so angry ... Yes he would, and
you are worthwhile just the way you are. You cannot change
him EVER. But you can change yourself, and you can change
the future for yourself and your child. You both deserve
better. |
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