Hi, my name is Bridget and I'm a domestic violence victims advocate. And today I would like to talk to you about domestic violence. What is domestic violence? Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviors used to gain power and control over another. Abuse can be verbal, emotional, psychological, financial, sexual, and or physical. Domestic violence is not an isolated individual event, but a series of controlling and manipulative behaviors used to control the victim
Eluchianna Olive
@Luchianna · 5:00
It's not something that we do once a year when something tragic happens and we talk about it, but we really want to put it on the people on the forefront and say, this is what's happening, and we need to do something about it. And there needs to be more laws to protect men and women. We need to hold the abusers accountable. And also, domestic violence is also not something physical, but also verbal
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Carey Braidt
@countryswell · 4:51
There were ups and downs and custody battles and family court and things I am glad are long behind me. But it is through your work and through messages like this that people find the resources and the courage to move on. So thank you. I am also keeping this conversation open through this platform and through sharing some personal reflection and focusing on things that things that help and statistics and awareness
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 5:00
It's a way of being. And that's what survivors have as they make their way to their path of freedom and wholeness. One component I want people to understand is when you see a survivor returning to his or her abuser is not from a space of they have failed. It is not from a space of weakness. There is a quote that the mind is the most perfect gel