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Life Changing Events Of Domestic Abuse

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Nothing could prepare me for the life changing events of domestic abuse. Starting at a young age, I witnessed my mother struggle with abusive men all my life. Ironically, I used to tell myself I would never let a man do those harmful acts to me. Until it happened to me. The daily struggle trying to leave this man paralyzed me; it was a daily grapple which lasted eight years. Ultimately, I became a drug free junkie and grew an addiction to this man. A man who turned out to be a real live Incubus. This demon of seduction took control over well beyond my dreams. This predator controlled my mind, body, and soul through his abusive ways. The emotional abuse nearly destroyed me. This feeling overpowered my mind, crushed my heart, and conquered my soul; it defeated me. In the end, I couldn’t subdue the feeling of being demoralized. With the constant humiliation accompanied with teasing in front of friends and family. Belittling my worth as a human being, it’s almost like he was forever jealous of others around me. I couldn’t prevent believing his skewed reality. The creature constantly crossed my personal boundaries, and stripped my individuality. This soul snatcher robbed my own self-worth, and eventually, I became docile. Sadly, I stopped interacting with my loved ones; I stopped talking. My voice was lost. This man had the classic traits of the lazy bum-dead beat syndrome. He did nothing other than sit in the house all day. Smoking weed, doing drugs, and playing video games

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