“It is tough to make the decision to leave, but when you do, and you have the support around you to do so, it is good and it is worth it. It is good to talk. You must always talk to people to get through it.”
"There is always light at the end of the tunnel"
- DA Survivor – Anon
Hope
"Although I wish I had have recognised the abuse earlier talking to someone openly and honestly about what I have experienced helps me understand that I am not to blame."
- DA Survivor – Anon
Self-awareness
"Never stop fighting for your freedom, you are worth it"
- DA Survivor – Anon
Motivation
"You mean more to people than you realise, believe in yourself as much as your friends believe in you and you will break free"
- DA Survivor – Anon
Self-confidence
"It is all in your own time and it is all when you feel ready."
- DA Survivor – Anon
Healing
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage