Survival takes time. Isolation & lack of support led me to finding Cohort 4
Once you leave an abusive relationship most people would think the worst is over and the survivor can easily move forward with life. However, the journey to surviving can be long and challenging. Not only do you have to deal with the emotions accumulated by being in an abusive relationship, but you have to deal with a completely new set of emotions afterwards, worsened frequently, when agencies become involved in a survivor’s life. It was this experience of agency involvement and the subsequent complete lack of support and isolation that led me to want to come to Cohort 4, and after a time, led me into wanting to help other women who were going through what I had. When I…
