"Stop Calling Abusers ‘Monsters’" Great read on the conversation of domestic violence and #WhyIStayed #WhyILeft http://feedly.com/e/a4WgEiy7 

I thought that his jealousy and control was love. #WhyIStayed #WhyILeft I wanted to live free from abuse.

Please support our #saverefugessavelives campaign to protect life-saving specialist refuges #WhyIStayed https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/SOS 

#WhyIStayed ? Bc he threatened to kill me if I left & I believed him #WhyILeft ? Bc I decided I'd rather be murdered than stay one more day

Sometimes it was harder to speak up than it was to shut up #WhyIStayed

In a twisted way, belonging to him meant he loved me. #WhyIStayed Learning otherwise destroyed me. Then it became empowering #WhyILeft

#WhyIStayed - A loaded gun to my head encouraged compliance. #whyileft I had a small window to try and survive

#WhyIStayed : I thought my baby boys needed their dad; #whyileft : I didn't want them to learn to hit. Any. Woman. Ever.

In November 1985, my mom left a domestic abuser. One week later, he killed her. #WhyIStayed.

"Although it looks like there's inaction, there is action." @BevTGooden detailing ways she helped prepare to escape her abuser. #WhyIStayed

"It puts the blame on the victim other than the person victimized....the pressure isn't on them why they stayed." @bevtgooden, #WhyIStayed

Thank you to all those who shared their stories with the #whyileft #whyistayed you'll probably never know or realize how many peoples lives

I'll be on the http://www.whyistayed.net  forum at 11:30 pm EST sharing affirmations that encouraged me throughout the journey. #WhyIStayed

#WhyIStayed he said I will never amount to anything in life without him #WhyILeft Realised God is my strength & I didn't need anyone else

We have to teach our girls to know their worth, and our boys to not have to hit others to gain it. #WhyIStayed #WhyILeft

She started the hashtag #WhyIStayed to illuminate why abused women often find it hard to leave. At 10P, @bevtgooden shares her story,