not uncommon that an abusive partner will try to force intimacy. This is often referred to as sexual coercion, which lies on the continuum of sexually aggressive behavior. It can vary from being egged on and persuaded, to being forced to have contact.
🧵 I am a survivor of domestic abuse and I am not alone. Nearly 20 people per minute are abused by an intimate partner and 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I will be posting about different kinds of
This pattern began in childhood as a coping mechanism to protect the people I loved. When I was put in situations where telling the truth would cause more pain, I learned to keep it to myself. This people-pleasing pattern kept me safe for most of my life, until it didn’t anymore.
I struggled with being honest when I knew it might hurt someone else. I didn’t just self-sacrifice, I self-sabotaged in order to put others’ needs before my own. How noble and caring of me, right? Wrong. This was anything BUT loving/kind and I didn’t even realize I was doing it.