Maria's POV
It’s quite a terrible thing to admit that you have been in two abusive relationships. Confessing that though, I must add that calling the things right names is the first big step in recovery. Ironically, when I met my second boyfriend, I was quite aware that my previous relationship had been abusive but I wasn´t able to realize that things were going the same way again. I wanted love so much that I denied all signs right from the beginning.
When I started dating my first boyfriend, I was a 15-year-old depressed girl with family problems. I had weak health, poor self-confidence – it was as if I was wearing an “abuse me” sticker.
Right from the beginning, I knew that something was wrong, but my intuition was silenced by the hunger for love I had. Later in our relationship, I r
