Post Separation Abuse
Post-separation abuse can be defined as ongoing and willful patterns of intimidation fromsomeone’s former intimate partner, including legal abuse, financial abuse, and threats ofendangerment to any children involved. While separation from an abusive partner can often bethought of as the solution, the risk for lethality indicates an escalation in these behaviorsfollowing the separation.Post-separation abuse takes […]
Domestic Violence, Firearms, and Impulse Control
They don’t come out and tell you they’ve been violent before. They don’t necessarily tell youthey’re “into guns”. They don’t let you know they’re moving in AND have a gun. It’s also not thea gun that is the real problem; it’s what they do when their violent impulses take over, and theseviolent impulses turn into […]
How to Talk to Children About Domestic Violence: Tips for Parents.
Navigating a discussion about domestic violence with a child can be difficult butnonetheless important. For example, when I was teaching fifth grade, I had a student who hadbeen horrifically abused by his father share his story with classmates during recess. They askedabout the skin grafts on his arms, and he confided in them. Later, they […]
Women’s Mental Health
There are numerous tips about how to remain happy 24×7 in life. However, when you havelost a loved one or a pet when you have met with an accident, when you are suffering froman abusive relationship, or when you are facing unending challenges in workplace politics,you tend to lose yourself. You lose the spark to […]
Unveiling Gaslighting: Deceptive Manipulation in Modern Media
We may usually think of someone being physically assaulted when we hear theterm “domestic violence,” but attacks on mental health are undoubtedly a part of it.Gaslighting is a tool of manipulation for abusers in which they make a victim questiontheir perception of reality. Below are a few examples of gaslighting in modern televisionand novels.Fool Me […]
The Forgotten: Animals are Survivors Too
I’ll be honest, my Sweetie Pie always had faith. She was the salt of the earth. My Bentley, well, every day washis first. They enjoyed the life before DV. My Great Gatsby was welcomed in during the height of theabuse, more so a gift for my stepson, because my abuser felt that would win him […]
