I am a strong person. I am a confident person. I am self assured and self reliant. I run my own company. How did that happen to me?

 

And when I told her......she told me, "satisically, women who are abused once are more open to abuse again." I abandoned my life because a man finally hit me in the face. I fled across state lines. I left a semester before my degree in petroleum engineering was done. I left my home and my friends. I fought back. I stood up for myself like you taught me. I fought back. I didn't lay down and play victim. I fought back. 

 

I fought back. I fought back. I fought back. I didn't LET some man abuse me. I got hurt worse because I fought back. I fought back because YOU taught me to stand up for myself. 

 

Don't tell me I'm going to get abused again, congratulate me for fighting back. I was in a horrible situation, but I did the right thing. I fought for myself.