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Related: About this forum1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime Are you a Victim?
SIGNS OF ABUSE
Threats of violence
Breaking or striking things
Physical force
Verbal abuse
Jealousy
Possessiveness and lack of trust
Name-Calling and Put-Downs
Unrealistic expectations of you
Blaming you for problems
Use of force in sex
Cruelty to children and/or animals
http://www.my-sisters-house.org/
Ssssssh~
Bloody Tears~
You wear a mask~
Somestimes it cracks~
Tears~
Yet~ We Rise.
~Sisters.
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1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime Are you a Victim? (Original Post)
sheshe2
May 2015
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niyad
(121,031 posts)1. k and a very heartbroken r for all my sisters who were/are victims of domestic
violence.
Some of us walked, Ellen did as well. Some of us should just run like hells fire is at our feet. To many stay.
The gun under the mattress was a deciding factor for me.
I called the cops, they took him away, and I left the house when he was in jail. I never went back.
sheshe2
(88,540 posts)4. Good for you Ellen!
You left and never went back.
Did not take me long to walk away. His dad use to listen to the police band, he knew when they were there. It was the neighbors that made the calls.
~Sisters
elleng
(137,219 posts)7. Yes, she2, could do nothing less.
(Then he tried to steal the house from me, so I had to sue him, but that's 'life' with a sociopath.)