« After being married for 10 years, I left him because I wasn’t happy anymore and he had become angry and cold. That was the start of the tangible violence (harassment, intimidation, assault, damage). I lived far from my family and felt ashamed, so I didn’t talk about it. One day when I was shut in at home, I saw an ad for SOS VIOLENCE, which was my first connection to La Maison d’Ariane and the first helping hand extended to me. I met other women who were going through the same thing: I no longer felt alone.
Thanks to what I learned at La Maison d’Ariane and their support, I was able to better understand and protect myself. Four years later, I am still separated from this man. And although the threat is not gone, I am no longer ashamed and I am fighting to protect my children who continue to be exposed to their father’s “mood swings”. »
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