I wrote this back in May when I first started doing these
videos. I kept this for a moment like this. I will be doing another video later
this week on cable vs satellite services. In the meantime, here we go…
Why do people follow the paths they follow? Is it because they
are passionate about their path? Or are they following a path paved by their predecessors
in their family? Are they afraid to pave their own path? Hats off to those whom
travel a path unpaved.
Why are some so shallow that they cannot see beyond
themselves? Do they choose to be so self-centered? Did they grow up in a family that encouraged
the “ME” syndrome? Did they not have someone come into their life and make a
positive mark?
Why are some so insensitive that they do not stop and think
about what they are saying? Do they not have a filter between their brain and
their mouth? How can you ask a domestic
violence survivor about the abuser’s health status or anything to do with the
abuser’s wellbeing? Do people have so
little common sense that they actually expect the survivor to remain a
residence where the violence happened? My guess is those who second guess and
belittle domestic violence survivors can never understand we lived through. I
am writing this because I am a domestic violence survivor. I understand the
residual fear and terror of walking in a house that we once called home. Now it
is a reminder of the hell I lived. No, I was not sent to the emergency room on
multiple occasions. That does not mean the abuse did not happened nor does it
mean that the abuse was traumatic. It does not mean that hearing our daughter
plea for us to make up was not hard to hear. I continued to hear that moment repeatedly
throughout the two years I was forced to remain in the house of hell. I
continued to relive the moment when he put a knife to my throat and let me know
he would kill me.
Why do domestic violence survivors become irritable and angry?
Because we get sick of insensitive assholes that ask, “Have you heard from the abuser?”
We do not want to hear from the abuser ever again. So do not ask us if “we’ve
heard abuser” when they know what an injunction is in place for. Now you learn
what an injunction is for.
Stop expecting us to live in terror. Stop expecting us to live
in a structure with walls where the violence happened. Stop trying to make us
feel guilty because their lives suck. Had they not because abusive, they would
still have their family.. The video for
this will be available at https://youtu.be/eAwplEG_zX4.
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