#whenileft

[chokguerra]

When I left, I did not know that I would be away for so long.... Otherwise, I might have left differently.

I might not have left at all.

[mybravelife]

It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.

[iamsoclaude]

When your ex thinks that you want them back, but you were actually deleting calls, pictures and text messages of them out of your phone... #DoNotGetItCrisCrossed #WheniLeft #iWas #DoneDone #iDoNotDo #Redos (at UPTOWN In the MAGNOLIA) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAO-ziFXxv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n8k2snkpndwi

[3pieceonline]

This will be the first and last time I speak publicly about this but there is a reason 3 Piece donates to PADV (Partnership Against Domestic Violence) #whyistayed I didn't think I deserved anyone to love me and he threatened over and over to take our child if I left. #wheni left I was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor (due to repeated brain trauma) and medically discharged from the military he called while I was home to say he didn't want to be married anymore. After that call it took another decade before I felt worthy and deserving of Love Those that know me now and have known me for the past 10 years are surprised that I am a Domestic Violence survivor because as they put it I am so strong. It has taken a good 20 years to become the Woman I am today so to that end this quote sums it up I am so in love with the Woman I am today because I fought so hard to become her Jacquelyn Roberts

3 Piece

[spacey-ness]

I loved him more than anything and he was all I had. It has been around six months and I will still defend him with my life. I always thought abuse only counted if their hand actually hit. I never thought of it as abuse until I read #whyistayed and realized… I have been through some of it as well.

I stayed because I thought he was just being a boy and would grow out of it.

I stayed because he never hit me, so that must mean he was good to me.

I stayed even when he forced me to stop seeing my friends. I always thought his jealousy was proof that he loved me.

I stayed because he got with me, someone that wasn’t worth his time. And I was always reminded that I didn’t deserve someone as great as him.

I stayed because I was the problem, not him. He got angry and threatened me because I did something wrong. It was always me.

I stayed because… If his threats ever became reality, I knew it would be my fault for getting him that upset with me in the first place.

When I left, he apologized for what felt like the first time and promised me again that he’d change, but… I finally realized that he wouldn’t.