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How do other people survive abuse? What helped them to change the situation? What advice do they have for others?

Stories

Lisa - "If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't...."   Cassie - "I was going out with a guy who seemed really nice.Then things changed.."
Steph - "He had brainwashed me into thinking it was my fault....."   Amber - "Get out before it is too late and you really get hurt....."
Aileena - "I was scared to leave him because he threatened to kill himself..."   Maddie - "He would always say sorry and that he loved me...."
Jessyka - "It only got worse as time went on...."   Amanda "After I fell in love with him, he started to change..."
Christy - "Don't delay the problem you are facing....."   Karish - "It was hard but I got through it..."
Samantha - "I thought that there was something wrong with me"   Jacq - "I have a child to the man who abused me"
Lucy - "I learnt to read his moods and go with the flow"   Annabell - "J was my first love and I would spend all my spare time with him'
Sally - "I was so deeply in love that I didn't want to lose him"   Mandy - 'All arguments were started over his constant accusations of me cheating on him'
Dawn - "He turned me against my mum and the rest of my family"    

Or just read their Advice

For stories sent in by people over 25 years (including stories from lesbians or male victims) see the stories on the Domestic Violence Resource Centre website.

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