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I saw “It ends with us” with my mom, I’m 17 and my parents got divorced a couple of years ago and I held so much resentment against her because i didn’t know why, I didn’t understand why my life was changing and why she insisted on a divorce. When Lilly said it ends with us, my mom looked at me and we started bawling in the theater. I’m my mom’s Emerson, and she’s my lily. She broke the generational curse

IT WAS NEVER YOUR FAULT. Even though healing can feel so much harder… IT'S SO WORTH IT. I would 100% choose to spend my life with PTSD than to not have left.

No matter what your abuser says, it isn't your fault. You are braver than you think and stronger than you know. Your truth is THE truth, and your voice matters. My abuser would gaslight me constantly to where I was no longer certain of what had actually happened in a given situation. He emotionally, verbally and psychologically abused me yet claimed it was all my fault. After I ended our engagement and finally left him for good, he put an AirTag on my car and used it to track my location and stalk me. According to him, this was also my fault....

I believe in us.

Children are impressionable. Seeing your sibling mimic the aggressive behavior their parents do to each other and to us can make it seem okay for adults to act like this. Being the punching bag in the family is exhausting. If the parent doesn’t speak to the child that this isn’t okay behavior how will the child ever learn to not behave in this manner? South Asian culture has normalized domestic abuse and violence for so long it’s actually insane when you go to look at tv shows or movies. I can’t wait to move out and leave this toxic environmen...

Healing is so important. it's putting yourself first and knowing that nothing and no one is worth dying for. there is no replacement for you. You are a shining light in the dark that is so unique. Healing is finding out how important you are and finding your strengths and teaching and giving to others. Finding yourself your strength is so beautiful and it's needed more than we can ever truly understand.

I was sexually assaulted by two teenagers when I was 17 and extremely intoxicated. One of the rapists was my high school best friend's brother. This story is 35 years old but needs to be told in order for me to start healing. A repressed memory came flooding back 5 years ago, after finding a photo of a trip I took with her family, the place where this assault happened. I've silently tried to process it alone, but I can't keep quiet any longer. I hope sharing my story will help others come forward and start their healing process. It's never too...

When I was 8 I was molested by my older 13 year old “friend.” It was a typical grooming situation with secrets we can’t tell others that weren’t playing our “game”. This time was very confusing and I felt like I couldn’t talk to my parents or sister about it. It lasted for months- touching, hiding spots, secrets, oral sex, and vaginal sex. She ended up telling her friends at school - my mom was a school counselor that worked there. She overheard and reacted. She came to my elementary school and said that the girl said that I started it. I felt...

Don’t give up, get help, speak up.. you deserve a better life

I believe in you I believe that you have another courage to speak up and get justice if that’s what you want you deserve justice even if you think you don’t

Whatever it is your facing you are not alone there is millions of us so have hope that it will one day get better

Don’t give up. It’s difficult but you can go through this. It only takes time

I finally divorced my abuser after 45 years. It is not easy but it is better. Of course no relationship is 100% awful 100% of the time. That’s what helped keep me in it. But, I now know that I deserve more than the crumbs I got in my abusive marriage.

Healing is a very simple word for a very complex process. Be gentle with letting the fog lift, and letting the light shine on what you tried to hide. It's worth it to come out on the other side a changed person. A healthy, boundary setting, healed version of yourself that deserves the world.

I Say No More Cause..... I am a mother of a 5 year old daughter. I was 23 when I had my daughter, left my mothers house and moved in with my daughters father. You know there is a saying "you will only know a men true colors once you live with them under the same roof", its absolutely true. My daughters father was a drug addict and he loved women. I used to get beaten up for asking questions for looking at his phone and especially when i use to find out the truth, that was it knowing about the truth should eat him up. He use to beat me while i...

There is life beyond that person who has made you feel like you don’t deserve love & happiness. There is a world full of possibilities, opportunities, love, happiness, and all the things you do deserve. Reach out to a trust friend, NoMore, The domestic violence hotline, any resource that you have available. I was too prideful & embarrassed. I stayed for far too long & suffered in silence. You don’t have to.

Healing is accepting the things you cannot change. And trusting that God has you no matter what.

You didn't deserve that to happen to you. What they told you is a lie. There is nothing you could do in this world to deserve that behavior. Your story matters. You matter. Let others hold your story - you don't have to hold it alone anymore. You don't have to suffer alone. You've done so much already. You've survived and suffered alone. Let us carry the load with you.

I have to be hopeful that one day it will all be over. But I need to act.