I decided to start this blog first and foremost as a way to share my experiences from life with a sociopath, but also to encourage others, spread awareness on domestic violence, and provide some hope for the future. This is such an emotional topic. Those of us who have experienced it are far too often silent. That silence comes from the shame of “allowing” someone we loved to treat us as less than human, but also from the stigma of being a domestic abuse survivor. In this advanced civilization we still blame the victim. We still say “but they were such a nice person!” Society has so much indignation over the victim of what is an actual crime, but where is the indignation over the perpetrator of the crime? What if instead of saying “why didn’t she leave?” we say “what kind of person could hurt someone like that?”. I hope to give you an intimate look at what it is actually like to be living in this situation, to reframe your thoughts about this difficult topic, and most importantly to let fellow survivors (or current sufferers) know they are not alone.