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Sophie shares her harrowing journey through an abusive relationship, revealing how control intensified during pregnancy and after childbirth. Her powerful testimony illustrates the invisible wounds of psychological abuse and the strength it takes to reclaim freedom.

• Recounting labor and childbirth when her abuser refused to wake up, flirted with another woman, and abandoned her for hours
• Describing postpartum control including being forced to sleep on the couch with her newborn and maintain silence
• Explaining how she developed PTSD after a knife incident and couldn't use knives for a full year
• Discussing how trauma affects memory formation, causing fragmented recollection of abuse
• Detailing the cycle of leaving and returning, and how abusers often escalate after reconciliation
• Sharing how connecting with other survivors through the Survivor Sisterhood provided validation
• Highlighting how abusers' behavior is not excused by substance use
• Offering hope that freedom is possible with the message "one day you will feel the sun on your face again"

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