A Hidden Battle

For years, I was caught in a cycle of emotional, physical, and financial abuse—fighting silently behind closed doors while showing up for the world like everything was fine.

I was a mother.
A partner.
A professional.
And a survivor—in hiding.

The violence was only part of it. The deeper wound came from the isolation, the fear, and the feeling of not being believed. I know what it’s like to live in survival mode… to feel invisible while carrying the weight of everything alone.