Tuesday, October 26, 2010
verbal and emotional abuse
I look at life in different eyes these days. I hear things differently. Maybe because I am a "survivor" of Abuse and Domestic Violence. I am a writer, http://www.afroginapot.com/ and a mother. I am more observant these days because life is my school. I listen and watch how people treat each other these past 10 or more years. I saw myself in there shoes many times but that seems so long ago. Why do we allow so much disrespect or how we communicate with our mates or friends? It seems no one treats anyone nicely anymore. Even friends, I "clean house" on friends because I find usually that most people these days have agendas or aren't really your friend. People use people for what they can and toss them aside or its all about keeping up with the Jones'. I see how men and women treat each other while they are dating. Long gone are the men who "open doors and actually listen to us." Have we gotten that shallow? I see so much verbal and emotional abuse every day no matter where I am at. I listen and watch. Women take and allow so much, for what?
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Domestic Violence and Abuse has hit an ALL TIME High in the last 10 years and has gradually been "sneaked in" on the news. How many times have we heard about a woman dying by the hands of her husband or boyfriend?? So many calls to the police station or Emergency room or the ones who spent year after year in SILENCE because they were verbally and emotionally abused repeatedly. The ones who were too afraid to speak up because no one sees "verbal and emotional abuse" as a threat because there are no bruises on the outside. The pyschological damage from v and e abuse take longer to heal, not to mention the PTSD. I can only use myself as an example. My situation almost killed me. He did hit me once, but now that I look back on it "there was always a push,grab or shove" here and there. The pyschological damage can take years and years to be at a point where they are "calmed down" but not gone completely. I still have lasting affects of my situation and that was almost 8 years ago. When are we going to start taking this seriously.
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