Ask Amanda: Why Do I Miss My Abusive Ex?
Survivors share advice on how they overcame a trauma-bond that once kept them trapped with an abuser By DomesticShelters.org Q: My husband is a great manipulator. He abuses me and…
Yes, Abusive Partners Brainwash Their Victims
Abusers deliberately make their partners feel disoriented, dependent and worthless. Learn how to recover from this type of control By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD “I felt like he programmed me.”“I…
What Makes People Choose to Abuse?
There’s no simple way to predict who will become a batterer By DomesticShelters.org Let's look at an alarming dichotomy for a second: Abusive partners inflict violence on an astounding 1.3…
Ask Amanda: I Live with a Controlling Husband
A pattern of increasing control by a partner is abuse, and has the potential to escalate By Amanda Kippert Q: My husband is very controlling, which I can see now.…
Message of Hope for Survivors Reaches NY’s Times Square
DomesticShelters.org collaborates with Safe in Harm’s Way, Neon, OAAA, to unveil a call-to-action for anyone feeling unsafe By Amanda Kippert No one would argue that more attention needs to be…
14 Misconceptions About Domestic Violence
Intimate partner abuse is incredibly common, but very misunderstood By Jill Filipovic After a video surfaced of football player Ray Rice punching out his then-fiancée Janay in an elevator, domestic…
‘I Stayed at a Domestic Violence Shelter’
One survivor mom talks about the turmoil of deciding to escape with her three young children to an emergency shelter By Amanda Kippert Tricia was 34 when she found refuge…
‘To Escape, I Ran 2 Miles Barefoot in February’
One survivor literally ran for her life to be free from abuse By Shanna Richardson I ran 2 miles. It may not seem like much, but I ran those miles…
Man Accused of Murdering Kamari Holland Films Himself Raping Her Corpse After ‘Mom’ Sells Daughter to Him: Prosecutors
by Leigh Egan *Warning: Graphic Content* Newly released court documents in connection with an Alabama man accused of murder paints a disturbing picture of a slain child Kamari Holland’s brutal…
‘I Went Back’
Why some survivors return and what happens next By DomesticShelters.org In an anonymous survey on DomesticShelters.org, more than 40 percent of the 366 responders said they chose to return to…