"Surely it is time to move on"
Survivors invariably say that family members, friends in the ecclesia and out of it and the abuser tell them, “Surely it is time to move...
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- Feb 5, 2017
- 3 min
What not to say: "Why haven’t you left him already?"
Survivors and victims of domestic violence suffer repeated tidal waves of fear-inducing threats and abuse. Unless we have been in this...
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- Feb 2, 2017
- 5 min
What not to say: "But all marriages have problems"
I guess all couples do have problems, but this “truth” neglects to mention that domestic abuse is not just another marriage problem. If...
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- Feb 1, 2017
- 3 min
What not to say: "What did you do to cause it?"
One of the common themes of domestic violence is that the power and control ‘plays’ of the abuser are built on a false claim - that the...
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- Jan 31, 2017
- 4 min
What not to say: "I understand how you feel"
Survivors and victims of domestic abuse constantly tell the Hear Believe Act Project how they feel. But we cannot presume to know how...
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