Even if your partner does have a mental illness, there is NEVER an excuse for abuse. Abuse is a choice someone makes in order to maintain power and control over a partner. If a partner is abusive towards you, regardless of whether they have a mental illness or not, they have no right to treat you in that manner. …

Mental health disorders are commonly used as a way to justify and excuse abusive behaviors when in reality an abusive partner is in control of their actions. Abusers often minimize or deny their behaviors, or even shift the blame to the non-abusive person. While it can feel like your partner…

Generally, when we speak about “Consent” most people associate the idea of sexual consent and sexual assault awareness which often involves threats, coercion, and off-balance power dynamics. All of these are present in the spectrum of domestic violence. What is Consent? Consent is an ongoing mutual agreement between partners about what they do…

“ I knew I was abused but I did not want to tell anyone, what will my children think of me? I married him after loving him for so long, I thought I should try to sustain a bit more.” “ My child was beaten and I was threatened on…

Part 1/5 : Physical abuse At the start of a new relationship, it is not always easy to tell if it will later become abusive. In fact, many abusive people appear like ideal partners in the early stages of a relationship. …

Domestic violence is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship. Intimate partner violence (IPV), dating abuse, or relationship abuse also falls under the spectrum of Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence (DV). Domestic violence does not always have…

life is one hell lot of mystery as he decided to color me with purple. The phone rang once then another time. I was waiting for the purple windowpane to turn another shade of dark. The waters running across the pavement. Waiting to touch the ceiling. There was a yellow…

When you have no clue how to handle someone similar I always thought that “you are what you are”, “if you do good, good will come to you”, “if you care, you will eventually find someone who cares.” But it is not always true. When I faced an amazing break up ( amazing cause it broke…

My Soul is Tired, yet I am not ALLOWED to end! the Dilemma Today, in fact, last night was bad. Last night when my 23rd teardrop fell on the matt on the floor, my heart felt lighter, once again. It is always like that. People ask me, especially my mom…