Welcome to The Truth Is A Torch. A safe space for you to share your story of coercion, control and abuse anonymously.
Every experience added to this space reminds us that we are not alone and may give another person the courage to share their own.
Thank you for contributing and shining your light.
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A few weeks into my relationship he said he loved me. Wanted to marry me and be with me forever. He came with a past
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My seemingly mild-mannered husband has pressured me into sex so many times, and also to engage in fetish-related…
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Looking back there is no doubt that I have tried to take advantage of previous partners. Driven by poor mental health…
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I started seeing a man 16 years my senior when I was 18. I thought he saw something special in me…
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The worse thing was watching my beautiful naive daughter being exploited by her musician producer....
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After being widowed, then moving too quickly into another marriage which failed, I was left on my own…
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I met a man just before I started my second year of university, when I was 19 years old; he was 17 years older than me…
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I fell in love at 21 with the most handsome man I’d ever seen. I couldn’t believe that he wanted to go out with me….
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Waiting for the two family members to die before I can actually speak out about what has gone on. It’s a long…
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I was married for 29 years and was slowly but surely guided into the person I became. That person , my wife…
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I was abused as a child, then when I was 14 I was groomed by an older man who raped me for nearly 4 years….
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About two months after I moved to a city for university, I met a man who was 54 and I was 18. I began working …
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When I was 19 my boyfriend said to me “sometimes I wish I could put a pillow over your head…
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He never hit me. He had been taught by his father to never hit a woman. He told me that my degree ….
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I was in a relationship between the ages of 19 and 24. It was on and off, because the warning signs were there,
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I got into a relationship at 16 with a man 23 years my senior. It started well, we worked together …
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I was in an abusive marriage in my 20s. I had two boys who I adored. I wanted to stay to give …
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My girlfriend used to hit me when she got drunk. She was the sweetest girl in the world til….
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I spent 4 years falling deeply in love with a man I believed to be the person that stood in front of me…
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I was raped at 14 years old, by someone I didn’t know. I think that experience made me feel like I wasn’t …
Every story submitted is anonymous and will be treated with the strictest of confidence.
Thank you for having the courage to share.
Every shared experience makes a difference.