Domestic Violence is a widespread issue that affects many children and individuals. According to Jeanne Segal’s Ph.D. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence.
We usually can often experience physical, emotional, and physiological harm that can lead to anxiety, depression and even PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) which can affect a person’s ability to trust and form healthy relationships.
Domestic abuse can escalate from verbal to physical, and even though physical injuries from abuse can be severe, the outcome of your mental health is also very severe.
There isn’t a better or a worse of domestic violence. Severe injuries or the outcome of mental health can be severe no matter how better or how worse.
Some symptoms of these mental illnesses according to Mclean General Brigham can include feeling sad and unmotivated, sudden change in behavior, many unexplained absences from school and having the fear of going home.
Emotional Abuse can be severe and I have suffered with it a lot growing up and the scars run very deep just from emotional abuse.
Abusers pick and choose who they abuse and they can change their behavior when other people come around.
Growing up I was domestically abused and my abuser picked and chose who he abused and they would always change their behavior when children in youth came around to put on a show.
According to National Statistics nearly 20 people per minute are abused and this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
Our mental health is essential and some people don’t understand that if you have gotten abused or if you are getting abused your grades go down, you stay to yourself, you don’t ever really come out of your room and it is very important to notice these things.
If you have ever been abused it is not your fault and you are not alone in it; don’t be afraid to tell someone or to try to speak out.
Encourage people who are getting abused to reach out to a hotline +1 800 799 or you can text “START” to 88788 and you can always tell a trusted adult and don’t bring them down when they are telling you.
Emotional trauma is a result of stressful events and they can shatter your sense of security which then ends up making you feel helpless in a dangerous world.
We need to ensure we trust the right people and surround ourselves with good people, not people who will bring us down even more after we tell them our weaknesses.
