That was the night I finally stood up for myself, that was the night the charges were filed, that was the night I wanted to value myself more, have respect for myself, that was the night I almost died, assault by strangulation. After telling everything to my family, to my friends, this is what encouraged me to take a stand to fight, fight against domestic violence, that it is not right to be abused and that no woman should ever suffer this type of violence. I knew I had a long road to recovery ahead of me, but I needed to get out of it, I valued my life more. This is how I encouraged others to stand by me and support me and this was how I stood up for myself and fought against domestic violence. Domestic violence is so similar to terrorism that if it is not stopped, the problem will only get worse until it is too late. The parallel is that people are afraid to stand up and say something, they know something is going on, but they think this isn't my concern, or that as she grew up she or he can make their own choices in life. People don't understand how dangerous domestic violence really is, the laws in the US should be stricter on domestic matters