I created this site because when I needed information and firsthand survival experiences of something that wasn't intimate partner violence, I couldn't find anything that applied to me. While I was only searching for information, I also concluded that many victims are forced into silence because they are afraid of the repercussions of speaking up about their abuse. It is only after studying the ins and outs of coercive control and how DARVO works that I realized how much of a

Part of the reason why recovery is so hard is because it requires us to completely rewire ourselves, change all our habits, overcome things that we didn’t even know were a trauma response.