Coerced to Courageous: Taking back your power after coercive control and domestic abuse

`I was so busy keeping him happy I didn't notice how long it had been since I'd seen my friends. I seemed to apologise for everything. I was constantly tense, holding my breath, trying to predict his mood. Slowly my world became smaller, darker and lonelier.'

Coercive Control is an insidious fog. The first `red flags' are so small you don't notice them: a simple remark about how to do something `the right way' or a suggestion about how you should dress. He cares about where you are and who y...