Domestic Violence Survivor

A true story of survival

During everything that I went through over the years, I know that these songs help me to emerge as a stronger person, but more cautious and untrusting because of everything that you put me through Rusty. It’s funny to think that the person that you are with now has been blinded by the truth of who you really are. She is so unwilling to hear the real truth and is unaware that there every story has two sides, and you have to conclude that somewhere in the middle lies the real truth.

I was so brainwashed by your mother into making me believe that it was always the other girls' fault that you were with. A warning that I tried to heed from your ex-wife when she said to me do not let them do to you what they did to me. I was confused and took back to what she was saying, but I tried to approach our relationship with caution, or at least I thought I did. However, when you are in so deep you do not see what is right in front of you.

Looking back now, I see how much damage you did to me both physically and emotionally as well as financially. The damage is done, and it took me a long time to move on, thanks to a special old and very special and dear friend who watched and saw what I was going through with you. He knew in an instant that you were an addict, he was always there to listen to me but knew that I had to be the one to make the decision to get away.

When you are in an abusive relationship, and they make you feel that you are the one who is at fault and even tell…