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fromIndependent
4 weeks agoAsking for a friend: 'My partner got really angry and hit me. They apologised a few days later but now keep telling me I just need to get over it'
Experiencing physical violence from a partner creates feelings of isolation and confusion about the relationship's future.
Relationships
fromIndependent
4 weeks agoAsking for a friend: 'My partner got really angry and hit me. They apologised a few days later but now keep telling me I just need to get over it'
Experiencing physical violence from a partner creates feelings of isolation and confusion about the relationship's future.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day agoThey all survived Jeffrey Epstein. They have something to tell you
When I delivered my victim impact statement after Maxwell's sentencing, I nearly shouted. I talked about my emotional health, my physical health, how this derailed my life. I wanted to project my voice so that no one in that courtroom could ignore what I was saying.
Social justice
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
17 hours agoThe people who never ask for help aren't independent. They learned somewhere along the way that needing something from someone always came with an invoice they couldn't afford to pay - Silicon Canals
Self-reliance often stems from early experiences that teach individuals to avoid asking for help, leading to a belief that needing others is a failure.
Non-profit organizations
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
5 days agoWhat We Learned Supporting Fired Federal Workers (opinion)
An initiative was launched to support federal workers impacted by job cuts, providing free career advising and resources to over 1,000 individuals.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says a woman has a beautiful soul if she has taken real pain and turned it into gentleness rather than armor - because the default response to being hurt is becoming harder, and the woman who went through the same things and came out softer instead has done something rare and almost impossible to teach - Silicon Canals
Pain can lead to gentleness, with some individuals choosing softness over hardness despite their hardships.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 days agoWoman raped by asylum seekers who were allowed into UK found guilty
The victim told the court she believed she was going to die during the ordeal. Giving evidence behind a screen, she said: "It wasn't consensual... they have ruined my life."
UK news
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoNot everyone who says they're fine is lying. Some people genuinely cannot locate the word for what they're feeling because nobody ever sat with them long enough to help them name it, and fine became the only vocabulary they trust - Silicon Canals
Many people struggle to articulate their emotions, often responding with 'fine' due to a condition called alexithymia, which affects emotional vocabulary.
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks agoOp-ed | The Gender-Motivated Violence Act at 26: How New York City finally closed the institutional accountability gap | amNewYork
The Morrison decision left a void for survivors of gender-based violence, as it invalidated the federal Violence Against Women Act's civil remedy provision, eliminating federal civil remedies.
NYC LGBT
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoThe hardest thing about healing isn't the work itself. It's the quiet grief of realizing how many years you spent believing the problem was you, when the actual problem was an environment that needed you to believe that in order to keep functioning - Silicon Canals
Family systems may require a child to remain unwell for their own functionality, leading to grief and loss when the child realizes their true self.
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoProvoking & Recording in Domestic Abuse: Gaslighting in Action
He would back her into a corner and verbally abuse her for hours. And sometimes Sandra responded in ways that she now regrets-shouting at Gary, throwing things, and slamming doors in frustration. She separated from him to protect herself and the children from Gary's outbursts and coercive control. She was shocked when Gary filed for a protective order, claiming that she had abused him.
fromHuffPost
2 months agoMy Abusive Partner Might Have Killed Me - This Controversial Choice Saved My Life
When I took the assessment, shortly after leaving my partner, he scored an 8/10. If I had gone through with our pregnancy, he would have scored a 10. But we didn't have children because five years earlier, in a Chicago clinic, I'd had a medication abortion. At the time, the danger only registered as a faint sense of unease, nothing like the five-alarm fire my life would later become.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoLanguage Matters When Talking About Child Sexual Abuse
Words such as 'relationship,' 'affair,' 'involvement,' or 'seeing each other' imply mutuality and consent. In the context of child sexual abuse, these implications are false. A child cannot legally or developmentally consent to sexual activity with an adult. Describing abuse using relational language risks distorting the inherent power imbalance and shifting perceived responsibility away from the adult perpetrator.
Psychology
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