What is Domestic violence to you?
Domestic violence comes in many different forms: physical, mental, verbal, sexual, financial, spiritual, control to name a few.
Don’t always think it’s just physical, mental abuse hurt worse than physical since it takes longer to heal from. Scars can heal in days or weeks, mental abuse may take days, weeks, months or even years to heal from. Anything at any given moment could trigger your past abuse.
Try to figure out if you’re being abused in any way and correct the situation by either talking to the person or just leaving the situation if talking doesn’t work, but try to leave safely. Make a plan and work the plan, but make sure you’ve truly had enough so that you don’t go back to a toxic situation. If you need help or someone to talk to, here’s a 24/7 hotline for domestic violence (800-799-SAFE (7233)).
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