I Cut Off My Friend for Staying in an Abusive Marriage—Was I Wrong?
Warning: mentions of emotional and other types of abuse.
It’s natural to want to help your friends who you see are being mistreated by their emotionally violent partners. Unfortunately, not everyone wants to be saved
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A woman went online to share how she tried her best to get her friend out of an abusive marriage. However, things turned out differently than she’d hoped
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There are lots of different reasons why survivors of abuse choose to stay with their partners, from fear and intimidation to children and love
The National Domestic Violence Hotline notes that it takes a lot of courage to leave abusive relationships. “Abuse is about power and control. When a survivor leaves their abusive relationship, they threaten the power and control their partner has established over the survivor’s agency. This often causes the partner to retaliate in harmful ways.”
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