An estimated 61 million women and 53 million men in the U.S. have experienced psychological abuse from an intimate partner — a form of violence that often goes unseen but leaves lasting scars.
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⚠️ Abuse isn’t just bruises.
It’s coercive control:
🌹 Love bombing
🤷 Withholding affection
😡 Explosive fights
❌ Sexual coercion

These tactics confuse & entrap survivors. Learn more 👇

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🚫 Alcohol & drugs don’t cause abuse.
They may worsen episodes, but abusers who get sober without addressing control? Still abusers.

Abuse is a choice, not an illness.
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🚩 Jealousy isn’t always love—it can be control.
⚠️ Demanding exclusivity immediately
⚠️ Monitoring your phone
⚠️ Repeated jealousy & apologies
⚠️ Blaming you for their feelings
⚠️ You defending/explaining constantly

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💔 Survivors often feel both love and hate toward an abusive partner.
This is not “crazy”—it’s the effect of trauma bonding & coercive control.

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⚠️ Excuses are lies.
Abusers yell, hit, degrade & dominate to gain:
➡️ Power
➡️ Sex
➡️ Financial control
➡️ Image of a “happy home”

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💚 Jealousy can be normal.
🚩 But when it turns into control, possessiveness, or double standards—it’s abuse.

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It’s possible to love someone & still know you must let them go. 💜
Abuse is never love. True love = respect, kindness & safety.

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💔 Mental abuse doesn’t leave bruises—but the scars run deep. Survivors describe it as gaslighting, blame, shame & belittling that tears down self-worth.

⚠️ 4 tactics:
1️⃣ Belittling
2️⃣ Gaslighting
3️⃣ Brainwashing
4️⃣ Silent Treatment

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Jealousy in response to a real threat = normal. 💚
Jealousy based on imagined threats, control & double standards = 🚩 abuse.

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Mental abuse doesn’t leave bruises.
It’s belittling, gaslighting, brainwashing & the silent treatment. Survivors become shells of themselves—confused, ashamed, doubting reality. 💔

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💔 Psychological abuse cuts deep.
85% of survivors say abusers call them “crazy.” Many even weaponize lies in court.

This is gaslighting—and it keeps victims trapped. Survivors: you are NOT crazy. 💜
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🌀 Abuse can feel like losing your own mind.
Through perspecticide, abusers convince survivors they have no right to their own thoughts.

Healing takes therapy, mindfulness & reconnection. Survivors can rebuild. 💜
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“He made me feel like I was nothing.” – Survivor Amy 💔

Mental abuse is real. It’s harder to see, but just as damaging as physical violence. Survivors: You are not alone. 💜

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📊 85% of survivors report abusers calling them “crazy.”
50% say abusers threaten to label them unstable to gain custody or power.

This isn’t love—it’s psychological abuse. Survivors deserve truth, not lies.
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The role of domestic violence in fatal mass shootings in the United States, 2014–2019 - Injury Epidemiology Background Fatal mass shootings, defined as four or more people killed by gunfire, excluding the perpetrator, account for a small percentage of firearm homicide fatalities. Research has not extensivel...

FACTS about mass shooters: The MAJORITY of them are straight white men who seek revenge against women & their families. They seek revenge because the women they have abused leave or attempt to leave them because of their abuse. #DVFacts
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💔 “I’m safe, but I feel paralyzed.”

Leaving abuse doesn’t erase the trauma. Survivors can feel anxious, mistrustful & stripped of self-worth.

✨ Therapy, support groups, grounding & journaling can help rebuild.
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“Love-bombing is not love.” 💔

It’s manipulation rooted in control. Survivors: You are not broken. With therapy, support, & grounding tools, you can heal & trust again. 💜

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🚨 MN man w/ decades of DV arrests, Ronnie Bila Shaka, sentenced to nearly 12 yrs for using a ghost gun to hold his girlfriend & baby hostage.

Abusers w/ guns don’t just threaten—they kill.

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⚠️ Abuse doesn’t stop when survivors leave.

Ex-NY podiatrist Ira Bernstein tried twice to hire his wife’s murder—starting again right after release.

Abusers at “loss of control” = most dangerous.

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Domestic Violence Headlines for the Week of Aug. 25 Learn about this week’s intimate partner violence news; the son of Norway’s Princess Mette-Marit charged with rape and domestic violence, a podiatrist plots to kill his wife for a second time and…

🚨 Norway’s Marius Borg Høiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, faces 32 charges incl. rape, abuse & stalking.

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🚨 Weekly DV Headlines via DomesticShelters.org:
🇳🇴 Norway royal charged w/ rape & DV
⚖️ NY doc tried twice to hire wife’s murder
❌ OH woman missing w/ abusive boyfriend
🔫 MN man jailed 12 yrs for ghost gun case

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🎥 Q&A with DV shelter professionals featuring Dr. Lewis-O’Connor—Harvard Med faculty, nurse practitioner, and DOJ grant PI on hospital-based interventions for victims of crime.

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Domestic Violence Shelters and Pets: Creating a Pet-Friendly Program that Works for You Abusers may monitor your phone, TAP HERE to more safely and securely browse DomesticShelters.org with a password protected app.

This presentation will discuss the link between domestic violence and animal abuse, the importance of the human-animal bond and how to create pet-friendly housing programs.

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📊 Abuser rearrest rates:
▪️ 10–18% in 6 months
▪️ 15–30% in 28 months
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▪️ Up to 60% in 10 years
…and that’s only what’s reported.

Abuse often escalates, not ends.
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