How I strategized my exit from DV by installing cameras, finding creative ways to break the behavior loops an abuser implanted, and anchoring myself in the care of people who reflected back who I really am.

How I strategized my exit from DV by installing cameras, finding creative ways to break the behavior loops an abuser implanted, and anchoring myself in the care of people who reflected back who I really am.

How I began recognizing abuse through videos the abuser showed me, and how he used trance states, suggestion, and dissociation to condition my silence and compliance.

How I began recognizing abuse through videos the abuser showed me, and how he used trance states, suggestion, and dissociation to condition my silence and compliance.

The break down of how cognitive and physical resets were used to fracture my thinking, destabilize me, and lay the groundwork for coercive control.

The break down of how cognitive and physical resets were used to fracture my thinking, destabilize me, and lay the groundwork for coercive control.

What Sean told me about his ex-wives—filtered through his manipulation, before I knew their actual behavior or truth.

What Sean told me about his ex-wives—filtered through his manipulation, before I knew their actual behavior or truth.

Triangulation, abuse and neglect between Sean and Ghislane, and their son, how it escalated, and the events that led to me finally making him move out.

Triangulation, abuse and neglect between Sean and Ghislane, and their son, how it escalated, and the events that led to me finally making him move out.