01-28-2007, 08:48 PM
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To Understand
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To truly understand domestic violence, one needs
to appreciate the alteration in perception that
the abuser causes the abused.
Things which seem to be trivial might be triggers
in the relationship, and those within do not see
anything strange about their behaviour.
The first thing one needs to do is to recognise
themselves or their friends, as abused. Once
this is accomplished, (easier seen in friends than
in self) then one can begin the slow process in
which the abused person can extract themselves
from the relationship.
In some cases this is not easy.
The abuser, accustomed to his punching bag,
to his belief in his power, does not let her go
easily.
Her first battle is with herself.
She must be able to view herself as she is,
in the relationship she is in. Not the imaginery
world in which she has survived.
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