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"Learning what I was experiencing was emotional abuse was a game changer. It was the beginning of the end of my marriage."

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"I don't even know if I believe myself now and doubt my own memories."

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"I thought it was normal behavior until someone showed me the truth."

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"This page is saying everything that my husband says. He said this exact line twice in our conversation."

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TikTok
31K
views
9.3%
engagement rate
3x the platform average (2–4%)
925
followers
Instagram
42.6K
views
5.6%
engagement rate
2x the platform average (1–3%)
1,048
followers
Facebook
4K
views
4.5%
engagement rate
4x the platform average (<1%)
6,652
followers

These are people who weren't looking for help yet. They were scrolling. The content found them before they had a name for what was happening.

Why Reach Matters As Much As Access

"So many sites talk about the abuse. Yours talks to the abused in a direct way that was very appreciated."

Emotional abuse is different from other crises in one important way: the people who most need this information are often the least able to access paid resources. Financial control is present in the vast majority of domestic violence cases. Many survivors don't have independent access to money, credit cards, or even a private browser session. Free access is not optional. It's the whole point.

But many survivors aren't searching for help yet. They don't know what they're experiencing has a name. They haven't typed "is this emotional abuse" into Google. They're scrolling. That's where awareness campaigns come in. A post that reaches someone on TikTok or Instagram before they're in crisis, before things escalate, before isolation is complete, can start something. Those posts perform well because they speak directly to a real experience. Our engagement rates are consistently above average because what we make is genuinely useful to the people who see it.

Your donation keeps the site free. It also funds the work of getting it in front of people who don't yet know they need it. Both matter. Sometimes the second one matters more.

Our Reach

This is what
awareness looks like in practice.

In a typical month, content on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook reaches over 77,000 people and generates more than 5,400 interactions. The engagement rates across all three platforms are well above average for this type of content, which matters because it means the posts are reaching people who recognize themselves in them. Many of those people were not searching for help. They were scrolling.

Learning what I was experiencing was emotional abuse was a game changer. It was the beginning of the end of my marriage.

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I thought it was normal behavior until someone showed me the truth.

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So many sites talk about the abuse. Yours talks to the abused in a direct way that was very appreciated.

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