My recurring stress dream is always about trying to leave where I am desperately and not being able to because I can NOT get my shit together. Literally, all of my necessary things will NOT stay in my bag or even in one room, leaving me frantic and running around, shoving things into my oversize, literal black hole of…

Not very long ago, I was sexually and physically assaulted by my husband, an active duty soldier. The response from the military was disheartening. Even though he admitted TO THE POLICE that he had indeed hit me, his command removed him from their custody and put him in barracks only a bus ride away from our home. He…