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“Outside our home, my husband was the image of perfection. Volunteering at the mosque, always helping his family, and an amazing friend and colleague.
At home, it was a different story.
He would constantly tell me I was worthless, nothing. I wasn’t good enough for him, I was stupid. I was educated and I had a good job, which I left only when I had my first child. I thought having a child would finally make me worthy in my husbands eyes, but unfortunately nothing changed. Slowly, I started believing him and fell into severe depression and went on anti-depressants. As my mental health deteriorated his anger towards me increased.
He also started controlling everything from my money, which he took every penny of, to where I went and who I spoke to. And because I was too ashamed, I slowly started losing touch with my friends and family. Months would go by where I wouldn’t even leave the house.
I even started contemplating killing myself.
One day, my husband told me he deserves to marry another woman because “look at me”, I wasn’t a wife. When I said no and started arguing, he punched me in the face. That was the breaking point for me.
I called Nisa Homes who helped me create a safety plan and go there a couple of days later. They provided phenomenal counselling that completely changed my view of myself and everything that happened to me. I was able to get a job again and Alhumdulillah myself and another sister at Nisa Homes found a place and now live together, support each other, and are the sisters we never had.”
*This story is based on a real Nisa Homes’ client. However, details and names have been changed to protect identities of all involved.
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