“Loving To Survive” by Dee L.R. Graham, “Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them” by Susan Forward and Joan Torres, and “Why Does He Do That?” by Lundy Bancroft changed my life and the way I saw my experiences and truly helped me with the healing process so much
PDFs of these books are all available for free
Loving To Survive: http://violentadegen.ro/wp-content/uploads/Loving-to-Survive-Graham.pdf
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4kGy0lOHL12MGpYTkd6TWhfZ3M
Why Does He Do That?: http://unityandstruggle.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lundy_Why-does-he-do-that.pdf
I just wanted to thank all the queens who have not been in this situation reblogging these links for women who have overcome or are still living with abusive men and/or for wanting to read them yourself to better understand what/how/why abuse happens and how to support women in abusive relationships and say to every queen reblogging this who has been in the same situation as i have or is still in it that u are so strong and brave and wonderful and i wish u healing, happiness, and love because u are worth all of those things.
“Why Does He Do That?” is often recommended by my favorite columnist, Captain Awkward, so people can recognize potential warning signs of bad relationships.