Support Annabelle's Escape from Abuse

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A woman I know, named Annabelle, is escaping from 14 years of permanently damaging abuse. For 14 years, it looked like she lived a perfect fairytale. Proposed to in New York City, then an intimate beach wedding. He showered her with gifts and publicly adored her, so she may have even believed in the fairytale at times. She was sucked in by his charm and charisma.

For 14 years, she has been gaslit and manipulated by a character created to cover this person's true self. She has suffered, deeply, in silence. Her suffering will be lifelong, he has changed her entire outlook and broke her confidence completely. Her sense of self is gone. She's a gaunt, pale, shell of what she once was. She's a bony, shaky woman now and she never stops looking over her shoulder.

She has quietly endured verbal and psychological, mental and emotional and sexual abuse. Gaslighting. Manipulation. Dismissive avoiding. Covert narcissism. Sex addiction. Criminal sex behavior.

He bullied and abused her off the bat and turned her into what he wanted. He left her sad and alone and built a respectable public status for himself. And then he went home and sexually assaulted her. Raped her. Cheated on her. Took her safety and took her trust and made her feel like it was her fault for not being enough for him. He found sexual satisfaction everywhere else and still objectified and used her without ever connecting with her in any intimate way.

She is a broken woman.

Did I mention her eight year old son? He has also been affected. She's been trying to teach him what's inapropriate as he's encountered some of his dad's choices.

She doesn't ever get to give consent or choose what happens to her.

She is a disabled woman with PTSD from prior CSA. She thought she was in a safe place.

She started the ball rolling. She's made necessary calls and reports, and the proper authorities have gotten involved. She's doing it. She did the hardest part already.

She's been controlled by this monster. She has no access to the bank account, and when she tried to apply for snap she wasn't given access to the utility accounts. All she has is paypal and can ask him for funds sometimes. Her phone and car are in his name.

She needs our help. She is a trapped, escaping stay at home mom who has been objectified down to nearly nothing and she IS building herself back up.

He left on April 27, after months of her having to hide and sleep on the floor in her own home. She's alone with her son, a house, their pets, and all of the responsibilities. She has no job. She is disabled but trying. She is scrambling to sell off all of her personal posessions to care for everything she's been left with.

She needs us. She needs women's support right now. She needs to know she's doing the right thing and she's got backbones out here if hers wears thin.

Let's get her on her feet so she can begin her life and give her son the beautiful, safe fun childhood she always dreamed to do.