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I first took this photo in 2009, I lived in Arizona, thousands of miles from my family and where I felt safe. I found it stashed in a hidden folder in my old photobucket storage. This is the side of abuse that you do not necessarily see and may not recognize on the surface. You might have thought I was ugly or didn’t know how to care for my skin.. but this is abuse, the side that is sheerly stress induced. Yes, my lip was busted but that’s not what was painful in this photo. The stress was taking it’s tole on my body, I had hormonal acne and I had hair growing out of my face like a middle aged woman in menopause. My skin was on fire and and all I wanted to do was die. Stress has a way of changing you from the inside out, it will take your health... This is abuse, there’s more than one way. Being hit hurts, but having your body fall apart because you’re constantly afraid is a different end of the spectrum. If you need help, reach out.. ask for help. Don’t do what I did and nearly finish yourself what he began....

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I first took this photo in 2009, I lived in Arizona, thousands of miles from my family and where I felt safe. I found it stashed in a hidden folder in my old photobucket storage. This is the side of abuse that you do not necessarily see and may not recognize on the surface. You might have thought I was ugly or didn’t know how to care for my skin.. but this is abuse, the side that is sheerly stress induced. Yes, my lip was busted but that’s not what was painful in this photo. The stress was taking it’s tole on my body, I had hormonal acne and I had hair growing out of my face like a middle aged woman in menopause. My skin was on fire and and all I wanted to do was die. Stress has a way of changing you from the inside out, it will take your health... This is abuse, there’s more than one way. Being hit hurts, but having your body fall apart because you’re constantly afraid is a different end of the spectrum. If you need help, reach out.. ask for help. Don’t do what I did and nearly finish yourself what he began....