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Understanding and Recognizing Coercive Control

Domestic abuse encompasses far more than just physical violence. It often includes a less visible, yet deeply damaging form of abuse known as coercive control. This is characterized by a consistent...
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How Trauma Lives in the Body: The Physical Impact of Abuse

Physical violence is not the only harm that leaves lasting marks. Coercive control and emotional abuse can create profound physical disruption, unsettling the nervous system, disturbing basic functions like...
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25 Paths to Healing from Domestic Abuse

Abuse doesn’t just leave scars. It erases. It strips away identity, confidence, and joy until you begin shaping yourself around someone else’s moods and demands. You learn to tread...

Making the hidden realities of abuse visible

Weekly reflections, survivor truths, and insights on coercive control – because your experience deserves to be named and understood.

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The Impact of Coercive Control on Children: New Study Highlights Hidden Harms

A new study from the University of Queensland has found that children who grow up exposed to coercive control are at much greater risk of developing mental health problems later in...
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Coercive Control Is Showing Up in Friendships – But the Law Is Not Ready

Coercive control has long been recognised in the context of domestic abuse, but new data suggests the behaviour is spilling into an unexpected territory...
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Diddy’s Disturbing Plan to Dodge Prison: Counsel Domestic Abusers

In a move that has drawn both disbelief and outrage, Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly planning to avoid a lengthy prison sentence by sharing...

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Rhianon Bragg’s Fight for Safety and Justice in Rural Britain

Rhianon Bragg was held at gunpoint in her own home after years of coercive control, stalking, and abuse by her former partner, Gareth Wyn Jones. Living in a remote part of...
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Journey of a Survivor: Breaking Free from Abuse

At the start of my marriage, the control seemed small—almost unnoticeable. Our first Christmas as a married couple, I wanted to buy my parents...
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How My Husband’s Digital Surveillance Revealed a Darker Truth About Control

One afternoon in 2021, I discovered the extraordinary lengths my husband had gone to monitor my every move. While searching for parking before a...