Stop Saying I’m Strong Because I Left Him

And stop comparing me to other survivors

Hope Rising

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Sometimes, I want to record the things people say. They act as the basis of my strength that I didn’t choose to stay.

That’s not a compliment.

If domestic violence was so simple, don’t you think we would have solved it by now? Women don’t enjoy being slapped around, and this…

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Hope Rising

Divorced, biracial woman | 23 going on 65 | Editor for Out of the Woods | I write to heal myself and others | Support me at https://ko-fi.com/aashaanna