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Abigail Breslin marked Domestic Violence Awareness Month by speaking retired astir her ain experience.
In a candid Instagram post, which began with a trigger informing for her followers, the Little Miss Sunshine star shared that she "was successful a very abusive relationship for adjacent to two years."
"As a DV subsister I felt compelled to constitute a small spot astir my story," she began her station connected Oct. 14. "It each started retired perfectly, I was truthful successful love. Unfortunately, my abuser took vantage of my innocence and naïveté and the narration subsequently became violent."
She continued, "I was beaten connected a regular basis, locked into rooms and forced to unreal everything was good and mean portion dealing with aggravated injuries... injuries astir radical didn't adjacent see."
Abigail wrote that she'd often usage constitution to conceal immoderate bruises connected her skin, adding, "because successful immoderate way, I inactive cared for this person."
"The carnal injuries were besides accompanied by a plethora of enactment downs, shaming and harsh verbal abuse," she wrote. "I felt truthful unworthy of anyones love. I felt disfigured and hated. I felt similar I deserved little than dirt. I was certain, determination indispensable beryllium thing inherently WRONG with ME. That I was a bitch, a problem, stupid, useless, ridiculous, overly sensitive, unreasonable and unlovable."
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The 26-year-old called the two-year play of that narration the "loneliest" she had ever felt earlier expressing gratitude to her loved ones for helping her permission the abusive situation.
"I americium beyond thankful for the enactment of my household and friends who played an instrumental and invaluable relation successful helping maine permission this horrible situation," she said. "I volition everlastingly beryllium indebted to those closest to maine for them not lone assisting maine but, BELIEVING me."
While Abigail has since moved connected with fiancé Ira Kunyansky—calling their relationship "wonderful, healthy, happy, and amazing"—she admits she is inactive successful the process of healing, adding," I inactive occasionally person nightmares, and definite things inactive bash trigger me."
She concluded her connection by sharing words of encouragement for different victims of home abuse, saying she hopes her communicative "at slightest helps immoderate radical consciousness a small spot little alone."
"If you are successful an abusive narration currently, you CAN get retired of it," Abigail wrote. "I cognize it seems intolerable and terrifying, but you person survived truthful overmuch and you CAN past leaving if you person the close tools and support."
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In the post's remark section, the Scream Queens alum was inundated with supportive messages from fans and friends, including erstwhile Revenge prima Emily VanCamp, who wrote, "Sending you each the emotion successful the satellite you brave, gorgeous woman!! Big hugs."
This isn't the archetypal clip Abigail has opened up astir a vulnerable acquisition connected societal media. Back successful April 2017, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, she she spoke out about being sexually abused by idiosyncratic she knew well.
"You are not obligated to person enactment with idiosyncratic that you're successful a narration with," she wrote successful a powerful Instagram post. "Dating is not consent. Marriage is not consent."
She captioned her message, "I knew my assailant. #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #breakthesilence."
In a follow-up post, the histrion revealed she never reported the rape, explaining she stayed soundless for "many reasons."
"First off, I was successful implicit daze and full denial," she wrote. "I didn't privation to presumption myself arsenic a unfortunate truthful I suppressed it and pretended it ne'er happened."
She continued, "Second of all, I was successful a narration with my rapist and feared not being believed. I besides feared that if my lawsuit didn't pb anywhere, helium would inactive find retired and wounded maine adjacent more. Third, I knew however wounded my household and friends would beryllium aft uncovering retired and I didn't privation to enactment them thru that."
Abigail besides shared she had been diagnosed with PTSD and was experiencing nightmare and flashbacks, adding, "I person made a batch of advancement since the lawsuit occurred, but I won't unreal it isn't thing I conflict with."
For much accusation connected home maltreatment oregon to get assistance for yourself oregon idiosyncratic you love, sojourn the website for The National Domestic Violence Hotline (http://www.thehotline.org/) oregon telephone 1-800-799-7233.
