Why women stay in abusive relationships
Posted: May 31, 2011 Filed under: After abuse, Books and other stuff, Domestic abuse, escaping abuse, Family relationships, Healing, Seeking help and advice | Tags: abuse support, abused support, hard to leave abuser, how to leave abuser, leaving an abuser, leaving an abusive marriage, why do women stay with abusers, women in abusive marriage 1 Comment »
All the time I have been dealing with abuse, healing from an abusive marriage, writing about abuse, reading books about it, talking about it with friends, family, other women, the one question that gets posed the most is: “why doesn’t she just leave?”
It was a question often said to me by well-meaning (but totally misinformed) friends after I’d started disclosing about my abusive marriage and it was one I used to think about deeply. It seemed so simple – I mean, why didn’t I just leave? What was stopping me? I did leave, loads of times, but I kept going back – especially after he showed such remorse and such love towards me. And it’s a question I never could really, truly understand until after I’d left, for good. But it’s one I’ve given a lot of thought to since and it’s why I’ve created a new page here on this site: Why women stay. Read it. I’d be interested to hear what you think.
The article is excellent!! Since getting out of my mess, I’ve encountered many women who don’t ‘get it’ either.
I consider women like you and I to be the Misunderstood Sisterhood!
I’ve been meaning to post about that subject on my site but just haven’t gotten around to it– yet!