Saturday, June 21, 2025

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How Coercive Control Undermines a Victim’s Ability to Make Decisions

Domestic abuse isn’t always visible. Sometimes, it shows up in the way your words are dismissed, your preferences are laughed at, or your voice slowly fades from the decisions...

Anger After Abuse Isn’t Destructive – It’s Healing

Anger has long been framed as a “negative” emotion and something to suppress. Survivors of abuse are often told to stay calm, be rational,...

The Journey to Self-Forgiveness: Healing After Abuse

For many survivors of domestic abuse, the hardest person to forgive isn’t the one who hurt them—it’s themselves. Even after leaving, after the danger has...

Silenced in Church: When Religious Communities Dismiss Domestic Abuse

For many survivors of abuse, faith can be a source of comfort, strength, and belonging. But for others, religious communities become yet another place...

The Lies That Linger: How Abuse Victims Internalize Harmful Beliefs

Leaving an abusive relationship means walking away from the person—but not always from the damage left behind. One of the most lasting effects of...

Hiding Abuse Behind a Smile: The Unseen Cost of Coercive Control

To the outside world, it often looks like everything is fine. Survivors of abuse become experts at appearing put together—going to work, raising children,...

What to Say to Abuse Survivors After They Leave

Leaving an abusive relationship is often seen as the conclusion of a painful chapter. But for many abuse survivors, what comes next can be...

The Hidden Reality of Covert Abuse: How to Identify Silent Harm

When people picture abuse, they often think of shouting, slammed doors, bruises, or physical fights. Yet for many survivors, the deepest wounds come from...

The Inner Dialogues of Survival: How Abuse Victims Cope with the Unthinkable

Abuse doesn’t just leave bruises—it reshapes the way survivors think. In order to make it through life under constant emotional threat, many victims develop...

Unseen Wounds: The Psychological Impact of Domestic Abuse

Leaving an abusive partner is often misunderstood to be the end of the trauma. To outsiders, it may look like liberation—a clean slate, a...

“If I Just Tried Harder”: How Self-Blame in Abusive Relationships Keeps Victims Trapped

Self-blame in abusive relationships often lingers long after the relationship ends. It doesn’t begin with obvious mistreatment—it starts with subtle doubts. You wonder if...