You Know When You Are Safe When You Can Sit Naked On The Toilet
For thousands of women all over the world the concept of domestic abuse is a part of their daily lives. But while many unaffected people in society presume that the only danger a woman (or child) is in is during a physical or sexual attack the reality is that women who live with an abusive partner are on the alert for an attack every waking moment of every single day. Of course most abusive relationships start off fairly simply. A partner gets out of control once in a while; possibly when drunk or doing drugs; hits his lady around, or breaks the furniture and windows; sobers up; says sorry and all is right until next time. But that "easy phase" does not last long. Research on why women stay with their abusive partners shows that after about three complete cycles of the " easy phase" they start to become hypervigilent and this problem increases along with the length of time they are in that abusive relationship. This is why many psychologists believe that women who h