Posted on April 8, 2022
by Janna
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Step 1: Listen to that tiny voice when it says you deserve better. Step 2: Internalize that you need to leave. Step 3: Figure out a way to leave, then leave. Or leave even without a clear plan. Whatever it takes, hopefully with a… Continue Reading “How to Deal with Abuse”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse, domestic abuse, DV, education, empowerment, healing, starting over after abuse, survivor
Posted on April 6, 2022
by Janna
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Those who have never experienced an abusive relationship assume that at the inception of one they would take charge and respond with empowerment immediately. “I would NEVER allow that.” But a domestic abuse truth is that its victims are groomed and conditioned from the… Continue Reading “A Note for Survivor Supporters”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: conditioning, control, domestic abuse, DV, education, empowerment, healing, physical violence
Posted on December 5, 2021
by Janna
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There’s a pattern. Some will read this as broad generalization, but the patterns exist because of the patriarchy, because of domestic and financial abuse, and because of how family courts cater to the men who lie about their income and ability to provide for… Continue Reading “Are single men and dads financially abused?”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: court abuse, domestic abuse, Domestic Violence, DV, education, emotional abuse, empowerment, enabling, family courts system, financial abuse, gaslighting, healing, manipulation, narcissistic abuse, patterns, starting over after abuse, survivor, the patriarchy