Posted on May 24, 2022
by Janna
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It’s okay if you don’t know what you’re doing. What’s not okay is anyone in your support system making you feel bad about it. It’s okay if others want to help you. What’s not okay is for them to take control the way your… Continue Reading “What’s Not Okay”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse survivors, after abuse, boundaries, emotional abuse, healing, starting over, support, survival, surviving
Posted on June 4, 2021
by Janna
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The living room is bare but for her secondhand couch, a lone end table, and the anxiety she just can’t shake. He isn’t supposed to visit where she lives now, but that doesn’t still the race in her heart. Will he show up at… Continue Reading “When Power Becomes Hers | flash fiction”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Books & Resources, Living Your Own Life, Self EmpowermentTags: abuse survivors, domestic abuse, Domestic Violence, gaslighting, healing, intimidation, knowledge is power, narcissistic abuse, physical abuse, reading, self help, starting over, starting over after abuse, survivor
Posted on January 7, 2021
by Janna
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WHEN YOUR ABUSER DIES | It was a long marriage that included physical violence, infidelity, and financial abuse — along with the standard psychological tactics, like love bombing, gaslighting, and manipulation. So given everything her husband put her through, and the destructive aftermath he’s responsible for,… Continue Reading “Widow Misses Dead Abuser”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, OpinionTags: abuser death, acute loss, after abuse, death, Domestic Violence, financial abuse, gaslighting, grief, infidelity, left behind, legend, love bombing, manipulation, myth, nostalgia, physical violence, psychological abuse, starting over, widow