Let's start off by saying sharing anything personal especially with abuse is not an easy thing to do.  However, sharing your story with abuse is important.  These are three things I did in order to make it EASIER keyword being easier, it was not easy for me to speak up or share with others.  Sometimes I would think about sharing for hours before I would tell a friend...but the more I did share the easier it would get to share with total strangers...and finally my own parents.