Have you ever been a victim of physical or emotional abuse?

yes, i was physically and mentally abused by my step father and mother. i went to live in a foster home to get away from then and then i met my real father who ended up sexually abusing me. i'm still trying to get over that.

Hi, yeah I have.. I was married for 8 years to an abusive man.. I met him at 17 and married him at 18. it was the worst mistake of my life...and the beginning of pure hell.. the only good was that I have 2 son's out of it.. he used to pick me up by my throat and throw me on the floor. slap me. punch me... what didnt he do? some things I went through I never even want to tell anyone. I know that I was scarred to leave but now I just wish I would have left alot sooner.. I wasted so much of my life and I regret it so bad.. I have a hard time letting things go.. I think about it daily.. some days I just get soooo mad and then other days I can be completely fine and then other times I get so depressed.. I feel like I just hate him so bad. after all the beatings and treating me like a dog and disrespecting me in front of people, he cheated on me with a friend. then he cheated on me with one of my VERY close family members and got her pregnant... I feel good to be away from him when I think about it.. I have alot more freedom.. and I am a differant person. but its just hard to shake all that off and let it go..

I was in a relationship mfor 4 years, the last three was full of physical and emotionally abuse. I was so depressed that I actually didnt have the strength to get out, I belived that he was the only one in the world who loved me since that is what he told me. Beeing abused is a horrible thing and I hope that I never have to go through that again, Eventually I got away and it took a long time until I was ready to commit again. I have now been with a great guy for over a year and he would never even drea, about laying a hand on me.

yes I know how that is. I spent 10 years with my first husband and the father of my kids. and for all them years I took beatings from him and he even put my in tha hospital twice and now I have eye damage from one of his right hooks. I have a friend that was being abused a few months back and me and my BF help her out of harms way so now she never has to worry about being hit on again.

I've been a victim of both...mainly by my dad. It was much worse for my 2 older half brothers. My dad was/is a very angry and bitter person and he took out his frustrations on us. I'm so thankful for my mom! She's the greatest! I'm sorry, Swtrose, that you went thru all that! No one should be abused like that!

yes I was raped on several occasions so more than once by another man - it is a vvery awful thing to go through and the victim who was I had two choices - after a while you have to decide - I am going to fight this to gain back my life or die from this and stay medicated. I chose living and informing people about what happened to me - It is harder to work through it than let it stay inside and kill you slowly

yes several times emotionaly and physically. I was ony 17 years old. My ex husband, treated me great for the first two years. The relationship lasted nine years and nine months before I could escape. I was watched going to the mailbox and beaten just about every night. He was very controlling and when I fought back it got bad. I weighed maybe 130 lbs. and he was 245 lbs. The only way I got away from him is he couldn't come pick me up from work. It took nine years before he would let me go to work. The day he couldn't pick me up is the day I called my brother. We even had to call the police when my ex came looking for me and told me he owned me. He also told me he would kill me and had tried. By the grace of God, I had a chance to move away. It took a long time for me to be with someone. The second relationship of my life, the same thing happened. This time I went to prison for defending myself. The state released me after finding out the facts. I was single again for two years. I prayed to God to send me someone instead of me trying anymore since my judgement wasn't good at all. He sent me the best man I could ever ask for in my life. He has never hit me and if tempers do flare only once a year, my husband will walk away instead of argueing over anything. He had custody of his three children at a young age. Then I had one of my own. I couldn't be happier now. My first husband had a stoke and is partially paralyzed. He still drinks and barely works. He still is living at the same house of all the abuse. My second guy doesn't work at all and just got kicked out of where he was living. He is living on the streets or trying to stay with his sister off and on. He also has a warrant for his arrest. I, on the other hand, have been blessed with four children, a house, and more things than I've ever had in my life. I still try to use my bad past to help others though and always will now and in the future. Maybe God let this happen so I could help others. Maybe He wanted us to be closer. Who knows why, but I am a better person after going through everything I did and am still alive.

I dated someone for several months that, in a way was pretty emotionally abusive. They were rather manipulative and made me feel like that being with them made me feel excellent and that to feel great I had to be with them. Thankfully they weren't abusive physically. I think however I would have handled the situation and taken care of myself if that would have arisen. I'm not afraid to take care of myself in that manner. I eventually handled the situation and broke up with them. I couldn't take being manipulated anymore, and I couldn't take outside forces interferring in the relationship. Thankfully things never got too bad.

I'm sorry sweetheart for your experience but believe you me, you are not alone not only has it become acceptable to women but expected of men. Use those scars to teach younger women what to look for. How to protect themselves and how to keep their self esteem up. I host a show it's on Channel Live T.V. take a look at it because the domestic violence show is very informative. Just let the player play and you will see what you need to know. It's real talk with lady moore-sabb. Let me know what you think I hope it helps answer your questions.

Never by a significant other, but I was by adults growing up and I guess you could say I was mentally abused by a boss who would say horrible things to me, but threatened my job if I ever said anything back. Growing up, my stepfather (now ex) always said horrible things to me. My mom would argue with him over it, but she was guilty of the same thing when he wasn't doing it. I had a tendency to get way more of it than my brother did until one day he hit my brother. The idiot even shoved me into a door facing and caused me to not be able to get out of bed the next day. It was terrible, but I managed to get up in a heartbeat and shove him back. I wedged him between the coffee table and the couch. Definitely not as bad as some have had to endure, but it was enough and was something I tolerated for almost ten years.

It is really sad that an 18 year old has to deal with such garbage. I have witnessed several abusive relationships with cousins and things of that sort. I am not going to ask why you stayed. I know its easier said than done sometimes under different circumstances. Once you learned to love yourself you finally realize you deserve better you will leave. I would hate to hear about some guy hurting my daughter when she starts dating cause one dark night he would feel the wrath from some real men. Because he sure is no real man.

yea.... i want to know why you stay too.. is it because of love? erm.. i think love does have its own power huh ? i do believe the love power is very great.. because if my girl were to torture me too.. i think i will accept it with no complaint.. there's not many that we can love throughout our life.. once we love a person. .we do love them mostly forever.. as for you case.. i'm sorry that he been abusing you ... i don't know why such man cannot appreciate woman.. they look down on women.. and i really hate them too.. don't worry.. your pain will heal.. you will find a better guy someday =)

I am so sorry to hear about it.I do not believe it is true because your figure in the photo looks very happy.Yes a lot of people will come across some people like the man you refered to.But it does not matter,you had leaved him,so you should happy now.And you should know that there are lots of things make us unhappy in our life,but the most important thing you should remember is you can magnify the happy things.So happy every day!

Swtrose, I feel where you're coming from! Althought I probably never experienced the things you did experice. I was with an abusive boyfriend. The scars do remain, but it's been a couple of years now and I'm now with a gorgeous MAN and he treats me like no other. As for the other guy, he's out of my life for good!!

no not till now

Well my love i have been a victim and mine was emotional all the way it was my last relationship i was in. It was awful. He had me so low i though i would never get back up again. I was at an all time low. He made me feel like everything was my fault and that i deserved everything he dished out. You know something swtrose i went through this for almost 3 years and it took along time to get out of it and i am glad i did. How long it will take me to become fully me again i dont know but i do no i would rather be punched in the mouth than emotionally abused at least i would know what that was.

fortunately,no.if i was in these situation,i would certainly fight back and even call the police.we should protect ourselves with the law.i hate that kind of men who abuse women.they are not really men and don't deserve any love.