RED FLAGS

We need to talk about the way society punishes women for being manipulated. She trusted someone.She believed his words.She gave him the benefit of the doubt—because that’s what love and …

What Love Should Never Cost You Before abuse becomes obvious, it often shows up in quieter, more subtle ways.In the beginning, it can feel like passion. Protection. Even love.But what …

Every day, people ask themselves:“Is this abuse?” Because sometimes the harm doesn’t leave bruises.It doesn’t scream.It doesn’t break doors or raise fists. Sometimes abuse wears a smile.Sometimes it sounds like …

You don’t know which of the people around you are living in abusive situations.But they see you.They watch you.They hear you. They are listening—not just to what you say, but …

✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com Not all control looks like yelling, threats, or bruises.Sometimes, it shows up in the words you’re allowed to use—or forbidden to say.Sometimes, it hides in tone policing, …

There are relationships that look like love on the outside.They may even feel like love—sometimes. But if your ability to tell the truth threatens your safety, your sense of peace, …

✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com In courtroom after courtroom, from high-profile celebrity trials to quietly buried local cases, a deeply disturbing pattern emerges:Abusers and traffickers often demand to be called certain names. …

A call-in to those ready to grow past it. We don’t arrive in this world knowing how to shame Survivors.It is something we are taught.It is something we see modeled.And, …

In the early days of healing, Survivors are doing sacred, difficult work. They are not “just leaving.”They are grieving.They are remembering.They are mourning a version of love that betrayed them. …

  Too often, when men like Sean “Diddy” Combs are accused of violence, public conversation zeroes in on his romantic partners—on their choices, their silence, their timing. But this is …