“It was all consuming. There was not one part of my life that it didn’t impact. It impacted friendships, my job and my ability to focus on my son.”

Tina (not her real name) was completely unprepared for the torment she would experience through being stalked by a former partner for three years. The texts, emails and phone calls were relentless and eventually reduced her to a virtual prisoner in her own home.

“You’d think ‘oh just put the phone in a drawer, walk away, go for a walk, do something else’ but you actually can’t. It renders you so full of anxiety waiting for that message to come.”

In this second series of Breaking Silence, Magnetic Pictures and Stuff join forces to tell the powerful stories of those affected by domestic violence and explore how the abuse cycle is being broken. In eight new episodes, we look closely at the many guises of coercion and control and reveal why it is frequently ignored and misunderstood.