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20 posts from this day, July 4 2025. 🏖️
2025 🤍 What They Didn’t See 🤍 View • Reblog Having My Day in Court ⚖️ View • Reblog 💔 Definition of Cruelty in a Relationship View • Reblog 🤍 The Cost of Being ‘Good’ for Too Long 🤍 View • Reblog 2024 Exploiting relationships View • Reblog Psychological Manipulation View • Reblog Recognizing Abuse in the Context of Drugs and Cults View • Reblog Unhealthy Relationships Between Friends… Read More 20 posts from this day, July 4 2025. 🏖️
On off medication
Why Some People Change Dramatically When They Stop Taking Their Medication Families living with severe mental illness often describe seeing two very different versions of the same person. While taking their prescribed medication, they may appear calmer, sleep better, think more clearly and cope more effectively with everyday life. When they stop taking their medication,… Read More On off medication
Why Early Treatment for Psychosis Matters: What Happens to the Brain?
Psychosis is a medical emergency, yet many people live with symptoms for months—or even years—before receiving treatment. This period is known as the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP). Over the past several decades, researchers have found that the longer psychosis goes untreated, the more difficult recovery can become for many people. Early treatment does not guarantee… Read More Why Early Treatment for Psychosis Matters: What Happens to the Brain?
Why We Do This Work
This is why we do what we do. Because every victim deserves to be heard. Every victim deserves to be believed. Every victim deserves to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect. They should never be dismissed, blamed, sent away or left in even greater danger than when they found the courage to ask for… Read More Why We Do This Work
When Someone Tells You They Are Being Abused: Your Response Matters More Than You Think
It takes enormous courage for someone to disclose domestic abuse. Many survivors have spent months—or even years—wondering whether anyone will believe them. By the time they tell you, they may have rehearsed the conversation hundreds of times in their head. They may be terrified of being judged, blamed or dismissed. How you respond in those… Read More When Someone Tells You They Are Being Abused: Your Response Matters More Than You Think
Taking it seriously
There are sadly many cases where victims disclosed abuse, raised concerns, or were not fully believed or understood until after a serious assault or homicide. Every case is different, but they demonstrate why disclosures should be taken seriously. Some well-known examples include: These cases highlight an important lesson: not every disclosure is ignored, but when warnings… Read More Taking it seriously
“Keep It in the Family” Can Be Dangerous: Why Silence Protects Abuse, Not Victims
For generations, families have repeated the same phrases: “Don’t make a fuss.” “Keep it in the family.” “Think of the children.” “Don’t tell anyone.” “You’ll ruin the family.” “Just keep the peace.” On the surface, these words may sound like they are protecting the family. Too often, they are protecting the abuse. Silence Gives Abuse… Read More “Keep It in the Family” Can Be Dangerous: Why Silence Protects Abuse, Not Victims
Stop Calling Abuse “Irreconcilable Differences”
One of the most frustrating phrases survivors hear during divorce is: “The marriage has broken down due to irreconcilable differences.” Sometimes that is true. People do grow apart. They fall out of love. They want different futures. Those are genuine irreconcilable differences. But abuse is not one of them. When a relationship ends because one… Read More Stop Calling Abuse “Irreconcilable Differences”
Marriage Guidance Is Not a Treatment for Abuse
One of the most damaging myths surrounding domestic abuse is the belief that marriage counselling can fix it. It can’t. Healthy relationships experience disagreements, communication problems, financial pressures and periods of emotional distance. Marriage counselling can often help couples work through these issues because both partners are willing to listen, take responsibility and work together. Abuse is… Read More Marriage Guidance Is Not a Treatment for Abuse
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