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 […]
A Reflection on a Past Relationship and Recognizing Domestic Violence”
Steve – nice guy met on a dating site I dated about 10 years ago.. I just realised how to describe how he treated me. It’s called DV. We date for an intense couple of months or so… Catching up as much as we could. Everyone who met him thought he was wonderful. He even […]
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 […]
Speaking Truth to Power: My Battle Against Workplace Abuse
I was friends with him for six months, we met at work. He would walk me home at night to make sure I got home safe, we went to the gym together, went on runs together. Then he started treating me like shit because he wanted to become a manager. I told him that I […]
Breaking the Silence: Living with a Partner with PMDD
It took about 8 years after our first born to realize my wife was in a cycle. Throughout the humps of marriage that are typical, various reactions have taken place to things that have seemingly similar levels of stress. It started to became apparent, however, that the cycles were there once I realized that the […]
Erica: A Survivor’s Journey Through Domestic Violence
Hello, my name is Erica and I am a domestic violence survivor. I first experienced domestic violence in my teens. I grew up on the west side of Chicago. Both my mom and dad were addicted to drugs and I guess you can say that I was looking for love in all the wrong places. […]
