At 54, I Moved In With a Man I Barely Knew So I Wouldn’t Be a Burden to My Daughter

me weak or foolish or would somehow diminish what “real” abuse victims experienced.

But he was right.

Control is abuse. Isolation is abuse. Rage designed to keep you frightened and compliant is abuse.

It doesn’t require hitting to count.

Robert started calling within hours—first my cell phone, then Emma’s number, which he must have found in my contacts continue reading …