“I was with my abuser for over a decade. Not once during more than 5000 days together did he say I was beautiful.” | Pretty Now | Submit your own Survivor Snapshot through this page’s …
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| Survivor Snapshot | He Made Me Feel Ugly
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What Does Your Abuser Look Like?
“He was active at church. We lived at a private lake, owned waterfront property, and always had a boat and toys. He was self-employed. He was a steward and Samaritan. He had a lot of …
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| Survivor Snapshot | He Made Me Get a Job (Then I Won)
“I’d been a stay-at-home-mom for years. Raising our two kids and doing all those household things, the ‘woman’s responsibility.’ And then once both kids got to school age, he decided it was time I ‘contributed.’ …
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| Survivor Snapshot | Before It Gets Better
“I got out of bed this morning. ‘ Sure, it’s an every day mundane task for most, but these days it’s quite an accomplishment for me when I find that most days every part of …
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| Survivor Snapshot | Mother’s Day
“As I walked through the store, I couldn’t help but stop and gaze at the necklaces on display. It was nearly Mother’s Day and the shelves were lined with delicate reminders of the children I …
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| Survivor Snapshot | Broken in the Bedroom
***This particular feature offers a specific, raw example of abuse that may make some uncomfortable and prove a trigger for others. Still I share, because it’s someone’s truth — the truth of many, actually — …
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| Survivor Snapshot | Fun for Him, Financial Abuse for Her
“I couldn’t come home from the store with something ‘frivolous’ (like a new shower curtain) without getting a lecture and guilt trip about spending money, but he would buy whatever he wanted, including big ticket …
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| Survivor Snapshot | On Being the Fox
“After my divorce from my cheating, narcisstic husband, a friend told me a slightly different take on the scorpion and the fox fable. In this story, the fox had watched earlier as the scorpion hitched …
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SUBMISSIONS WANTED: Survivor Snapshots
Send a photo of yourself. Just your hands or hair, a foot or something fun. An inanimate object. Get creative, all I ask is that your face isn’t revealed from the front or in full. …
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I Am Determined…
to look in the mirror and go easy on myself, and see my beauty. (Rather than be disappointed by the blemishes, the too-large pores, the eyebrows that “need” tweaked, the chin under my chin, the …
