192 - Living with sexual abuse (Part 2)

My guest in this week's episode continues her story from last week, about her experience with domestic violence, and specifically the sexual abuse she received from her partner of over 10 years. She left him two and a half years ago when she was 8 months pregnant with her second daughter. Her daughters are now two and four.

This week she shares how her relationship came to an end. 

She also talks about:

• How she hung onto the relationship in the hope that he would change.
• The suicide threats she received during their relationship.
• The fear that she had of the repercussions of taking out an AVO against her partner, and constantly worrying about how he would react about things.
• The support that she received from her family support worker as well as from the brother (and his wife) of her (ex) partner.
• Dealing with her experience living in a small town, and how domestic violence was such a foreign concept for her immediate community.
• The worry that she had about her kids.
• And so much more!

We also talk about the tremendous growth that she has had coming out the other side of her experience and the happiness that she now feels.

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Listen to Part 1 HERE.

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