Loneliness Versus Being Alone

​Nearly one in three women (33%) in the United States has been slapped, pushed, or shoved by an intimate partner at some point in her life. Approximately one in four women in the United States (24%) has experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner in her lifetime.

Recovery from Abuse - Lies and Secrecy

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I find comfort in knowing I am not the only embarrassed, hurting, confused, and self-doubting female in a crowd. Trust me; I am not comforted by the fact that other women have been hurt! No, I am comforted by the fact that I am not the only person who has experienced this type of pain. The secrecy of my abuse let me to believe that I was the only person in the world who allowed her abuser to get away with such atrocities.
I am not the only person hiding in this dark, secret, fearful world that my abuser created. Sometimes I realize I am not the only person in the grocery store who has been hurt. Or, I look around at women in the local shopping mall and realize they may be hiding behind a secret abuse situation also. How about that school function I went to last week; these statistics confirm that I was not the only person sitting in that auditorium who had experienced, or was currently experiencing, this pain.
Knowing I am not alone fuels my determination; if other women can work through this pain, I can also.