A while ago on social networking site 'instagram' a user Gabriella with the username @bambiiiii_ an aspiring model for Victoria's secret posted the story you are about to read. You'll find her story just after the cut
"This might be a little graphic but I just want to let everyone know that I am okay. I am a survivor of domestic violence with a boy I dated for 8 months. I really thought everything was fine but he constantly questioned me about cheating and flirting. Non sense. I never looked at someone the way he looked at me. Thought I loved this boy. How can someone that 'loves' me do this to me? The scars on my chest are way worse and extend down to my right nipple, completely scarred. The skin on my shoulder has been completely skinned. And i have bruising on my rib cage, neck, and my muscles. I was kicked out of a moving vechile, then beaten and dragged, as I blacked out and was left lying there in my own puddle of blood. Doctors said I could have died if not made it when I did. I am so blessed and beyond lucky to be alive and have so much support from friends, family, and strangers. As I try to recover I ask to please keep me in your prayers. I have to wear a neck brace for 3-4 weeks, an arm cast and I can barely walk for now. Thank you for all the love. I hope to be an inspiration to women and anyone involved in domestic violence."
Ladies, it is not okay for a guy that you're dating, engaged to or even married to to lift a finger against you, no matter how much you may have done to provoke him. Neither is it okay for you to do same to him or even provoke him to such high levels of anger. Relationships should be a source of happiness, of security, of love and trust. If you find yourself in any such relationship, speak out, walk out and know that you deserve much better. Never compromise your life just to to stay in a relationship.
In the coming days i'll be writing on easy ways to tell when you're dating a man prone to domestic violence. Until then please feel free to share your experiences and opinions and encourage women who are in similar situations.
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