NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
October is National domestic violence awareness month. The theme for 2022 is: “EVERY1KNOWSSOME1”
Read that again, Every1 knowssome1!
The statement strives to highlight how common domestic violence is, and that it is more than physical violence.
We all know someone who has experienced abuse in some form. It could be your mother, sister, daughter, or family member, friend, coworker, or neighbor.
It could be you if you are reading this!
Often we don’t know we are in an abusive relationship or marriage until we are out.
My blog on Coercive control explains the many different types of abuse. Abuse is abuse!
I posted a reel yesterday on my Instagram account talking about how the abuser tries to control your privacy.
Can you relate to this:
The controlling person in your life might say something like:
- Let me see your phone!
- Is your location finder on?
- Why did you turn it off?
- Why didn’t you pick up when I called you 15 times in a row?
- I left you text messages and voicemails!
- You know if something happened to me you would never know because
you don’t answer your phone! - I guess I’m not important to you!
- Whom are you talking to? (interrupting you while you are on the phone)
- Asking you a question while you are on a phone call expecting you to
answer regardless of whom you are talking too. - Who texted you?
- Whom are you texting?
- If you are going out or leaving the house alone, you will most likely be interrogated.
- Where are you going?
- Are you sure you are going to the supermarket?
- Who is this friend you are meeting?
- What do you talk about?
- When are you going to be home?
The controlling person will most likely call or text you several times while you are out to check up on you, and ask random questions which could have waited til you got home, to purposely interrupt your time out, and bring the attention back onto him.
This is ALL a form of abuse and control, and it is not OK!
It’s your phone and your privacy!
Have you experienced the above? Would love to hear from you.
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and live the life you want to live.
Yours in healing,
Ina