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This record presents the Complex Multilayered Abuse (CMA) framework, a preliminary survivor-led conceptual model developed through longitudinal lived-experience documentation and qualitative conceptual analysis. The framework does not aim to provide diagnostic criteria or replace established clinical models. Rather, it seeks to organize and visualize how multiple interacting layers—including isolation, dependency, normalization, institutional non-responsiveness, and somatic manifestations—may contribute to the persistence of abuse-related experiences in closed environments. The primary objective of CMA is not to explain abuse itself, but to explore why help may fail to reach those experiencing abuse and where support systems may become interrupted or ineffective. This work is based on an N-of-1 survivor-led conceptual approach and should be regarded as a preliminary framework requiring further theoretical, interdisciplinary, and empirical examination.