Hello,
I stumbled onto this site and it could be just what I need. I'm a mother of two teenagers, I've been single for about 11 years having fled my ex due to domestic violence.
Its taken me a long long time to get my life and head straight, and i'm not sure if its just me or if its normal to take a decade to feel OK about myself. I lost so much when I ran, and its only now I'm trying to find out if I have any hope of getting what was due to me and my children. I wonder if I have left it too late, why should my children lose out because I married an idoit.
Hi Louise,
Thank you. My kids are 16 and 13 and yes, we all lived in a refuge together in one room, I finally got housed by my local council, into a one room flat, but my ex found me, broke in and try to attack me with a hammer, in front of my son who was 3 at the time.
Poor, poor you, that sort of thing takes a great deal of getting over!How strong you have been to move on with your life 
Did you have a look at the Freedom Programme?
How are things now with the kids?
Hi cm4, you might contact our Legal Expert to see if it is possible to claim amything from the marriage. Are you still married or did you seek a divorce?
Hello cm4
Welcome and it is NEVER too late. You will find many people on here who have been through similar trauma to yourself and are at different stages on their journey towards wholeness again.
Have a look at The Freedom Programme (click) This is a fab online course that helpes you to work through and understand the impact of the abuse and think about how to move your life forward.
You say your children are teens now, how old are they? Did you originally go to a refuge?