domestic abuse – Confluence Daily

Reading Time: 6 minutes There is something about Courtney Weaver that leaves you feeling both engaged and a little uncomfortable at times. She has a directness and intensity that can only come from surviving. Courtney has survived more times than anyone should have to. Courtney Weaver doesn’t dance around the truth, and that kind of directness is uncommon. She is on a mission, and she doesn’t have a lot of time for small talk.

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March 9, 2018 Confluence

Why Does She Stay? Domestic Abuse Looks Very Different from the Inside

Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s been said that pornography is very hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Domestic abuse is a lot like that. Sometimes, especially in the fray of survival, it’s hard to define, but you know it when you’re experiencing it, and it’s for the victim, and only the victim to make that definition. The fact that it’s confusing might be the first clue you’re in trouble. You don’t need an “approved” excuse to get out of a relationship. If you’re wondering if you’re being abused, the semantics don’t even matter anymore. Something is going on and whatever that something is, it’s not good, and it’s enough.