Coercive Control or Domestic Abuse is featuring more and more in the headlines. We’re now starting to realise how insidious in our society it is. But what’s it like to live it and how do you know you’re in an abusive relationship?

A friend of mine recently asked me – sadly one of many I know who have had to flee from an abusive ex – what did I do to get through it. How did I cope? And so it got me thinking that there must be others out there, others like me or like my friend, who have made the decision to leave. And now, they’re fighting for survival from the other side of the fence.