Reminder about Domestic Abuse & Violence

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04-20-2020, 10:50 AM

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Anna

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Reminder about Domestic Abuse & Violence

Sadly, in many places Domestic Abuse has increased in the weeks we've all be locked down or quarantined. Please know there is help available:

Domestic Abuse Defined

http://www.thehotline.org/is-this-abuse/abuse-defined/

National Domestic Abuse Hotline (US):
http://www.thehotline.org/
https://www.womenshealth.gov/relatio...afety/get-help

Canada:
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/...help-aide.html

UK:
https://www.womensaid.org.uk
https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk

Europe:

https://ec.europa.eu/justice/saynostopvaw/helpline.html

Australia:
https://au.reachout.com/articles/dom...olence-support
call 1800RESPECT at 1800 737 732.

04-20-2020, 10:58 AM

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nez

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Thank you for posting this. Those links can be helpful to all of us whether we are currently experiencing the effects of abuse and violence or not. Education and enlightenment is powerful.

04-20-2020, 01:32 PM

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thomas11

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It seems like all of the "bad" things we have in society have increased. Drug use, alcohol sales, abuse, suicide etc....its all so tragic.

04-20-2020, 02:45 PM

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Hevyn

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Very helpful for many, I'm sure. Thank you for the valuable info., Anna.

04-20-2020, 03:44 PM

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Steely

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Thanks for posting this Anna.

Some of us are 'enjoying' the free time, the quiet, the return of birds. While others are trapped with their abusers. Kids as witness.

Not just hospitals but all auxiliary health services would be overwhelmed right now. Refuges included. The whole thing cascades down to the most disadvantaged.

Can't bring myself to think of Africa. Decimation.

04-20-2020, 07:53 PM

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SoberCAH

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My wife and I, who don’t always live in the same city, have spent a lot of time together and gotten very spoiled by having so much quality with each other and with our horribly spoiled dog, cats and donkeys (because we all know that every drunk needs a donkey or 2).

But, alas, I will head over to our other home several hundred miles away next week since our state is thankfully opening back up.

But thanks for the warning about domestic abuse-I’ll be sure to keep an eye on my wife to make sure she doesn’t snap.

We’ve been married for 15 years and we still feel like newlyweds.