I have been abused all of my life

I have been abused all of my life

“My father was into weed and cocaine and abusive to my mother. He had a children’s photography studio at home and behind the studio was a hidden door that led to a room with two freezers full of cocaine.  My mother was a bartender and daddy played music in...
I learned to love me

I learned to love me

“I am 43 and have been holding all of this inside for so long. The abusive relationships started when I was in 10th grade. I got pregnant the next year and my baby’s daddy was my abuser. He found a branch that fell off a tree, peeled the bark off, shellacked it,...