How Family And Friends Of A Domestic Violence Victim Can Help

1. Extend support: Extend your support in every possible way you can. Lend her your ears and time. Offer her a place to stay, rescue her, make all important calls (victim’s parents, cops, NGO), ring the doorbell, be a call away. 2. Never tell them to ‘adjust’: I find the word ‘adjust’ absolutely crazy. Adjustment is made from both…

Reasons For Walking Out Of A Bad Marriage / Relationship

1. You have every right to live a life of dignity and live according to your own free will and maintain you own identity.2. There is nothing called “better” or “worse”..Any form of abuse is bad for your physical and mental well being. Just because you weren’t left with broken limbs doesn’t mean that taking any form of…

Warning Signs Of An Abusive Partner

Abusers are generally quite good at semblance. Yet there are a few traits that you should be wary of: 1. Shows jealousy and extreme possessiveness. If your partner shows signs of extreme jealousy and loses his cool, even if it’s because you spend time with your own family. Friends are a far cry. If your partner…

The A-Z of Domestic Violence

In view of the alarming rise of crime against women, I thought it was important to share my experience and insight with all of you.  There’s no denying that men too go through domestic violence and it is equally abhorrent. But practically, men only face verbal and emotional abuse (a woman not adhering to a man’s…