Watching Sunday Morning Live. It amazes me in this day and age - TopicsExpress



          

Watching Sunday Morning Live. It amazes me in this day and age that there are still people who think it is possible for someone in an abusive relationship to just walk away. As someone who speaks from experience there are two choices: 1. Stay and continue to be abused but be alive; 2. Attempt to leave and you could be killed. Do you think that is a choice? Then add to the equation children. The choice is now: 1. Stay and attempt to protect your children; 2. Attempt to leave with the children and you could all be killed; 3. Attempt to leave without the children and the children will be abused and could be killed. I only managed to escape my abusive husband because because he ordered me to leave! Can you imagine how I felt walking to the train station knowing that I had left my children with an abuser? I had tried to leave on numerous occasions and each time he knew and was watching. Each attempt only made the abuse that was to follow worse. His abuse increased over a four year period from abusing only me; to abusing me and the family dog; to abusing me, the family dog and our son; and finally to abusing me, the family dog, our son and our daughter. In the early days playing the sympathy card was his big controlling factor. He was ill, he needed me, he would kill himself if I left. He would use this to introduce sleep deprivation, keeping me up all night talking about his problems (his problems that no doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist could help him with because he would never follow their advice or their instructions) rendering me too exhausted to do anything other than try to look after my children. He had isolated us from family and friends and controlled us in every way imaginable. And still people out there think I could have just upped and left, that I had the energy and wherewithal to do that and that I could do that without bringing bigger problems to my children and myself. People need to wake up to the reality that is domestic abuse! As for this myth that gets banded about that there is no evidence in domestic abuse cases and that its all one persons word against another. This really needs to be blown out of the water. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere and have no neighbours whatsoever and never see anyone there are always witnesses. People who notice tiny things. Things that may seem insignificant at the time but when all those tiny things noticed by different people are put together the big picture is quite clear. Dont be fooled by the myth that neighbours will not help either, they do!
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:59:49 +0000

Trending Topics



>
Todays #Mystery Clio Forest - Jesse Letterman (1980-present) grew
Basicase Grid Leather Magnetic Wallet Style Flip Fold Stand Cover
I have already browsed the arguments of FVR in other news; and one
With Facebooks New Tech.. ts easy for humans to identify faces

Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015