WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I'VE SEEN WOMAN GETTING BEAT ON,I SAID THAT WILL NOT BE ME.YEAH RIGHT I HAD THREE MEN IN MY LIFE THAT KNOCKED ME AROUND,STARTING AT THE AGE 24 UP TO 31.IT STOPPED AT THE AGE 27 BUT STARTED UP AGAIN WITH A VERY DANGEROUS MAN,WHO STALKED ME,THREATEN MY FAMILY,BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS MY SON,I COULDN'T LET THAT GO ON,THE FIRST TIME HE HIT ME I TOLD HIM IT'S OVER,BUT HE DIDN'T CARE.I SAID TO MYSELF I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING,SO I SAT BACK THINKING TO MYSELF I GOT TO GET MYSELF OUT OF THIS,FOR THE LOVE OF MY KIDS,SO ONE LAST TIME HE CAME OVER JUMPED ON ME IN FRONT OF MY KIDS,AND GRABBED MY DAUGHTER AND I GRABBED HIM,I SAID NOT MY CHILD.SO THE NEXT DAY CAME AND HE BEGGED ME NOT TO CALL THE POLICE,I TOLD HIM I WANT AND I LOVED HIM,BUT I HAD SOMETHING ELSE UP MY SLEEVES,I CALLED HIS PAROLE OFFICER THAT DAY,AND HE WAS LOCKED UP FOR A YEAR,WHICH HE SHOULD BE DOING LONGER THAN THAT,CAUSE HE STILL OUT HERE DOING THAT TO SOMEONE ELSE,HE HAVEN'T LEARNED.I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THAT DANGER SINCE THEN,AND NOW I'M 38,AND I'M HAPPY TO BE LOVING ME!
I can relate to your story but the man I had in my life abused drug which took a toll on my life. He stressed me so bad that I was on medication. I loved him so much and I feared that I could do better until I began to love me more that he. WE ARE SURVIVORS!!!!