|
Thank you so much for sharing your stories, Dee and honeychile.
I, like mu_agd, tried to help a friend gain the resources and self-confidence to leave an extremely abusive relationship. I saw a vibrant, self-confident young woman basically cut down to a shell of her former self in less than six months. My own health and well-being was threatened in the process.
I hope those who think that it's just easy, that a woman can just get up and leave, never have to see their mothers, daughters, sisters, or female friends experience domestic violence. Women SHOULD leave--many die trying. But, to say "just leave" indicates a lack of understanding about domestic violence, as well as a lack of understanding about relationship dynamics.
|