Domestic Abuse Is Not Love Research Paper

Abuse is not love
Many people think domestic violence can and will never happen to them until It has escalated so bad or to where It is too late to receive help. Many do not even know the signs of an unhealthy relationship. You believe that you both argue because of something you did or said. The abuser will manipulate you and have you thinking that you started an argument. They are always the “victim” which is not the case. In my case, I was in a relationship of about a year and seven months. We both were very jealous people and often had arguments more than we had happy and joyful moments. We started out by just yelling at each other that lead up to physical abuse. He would smack me and grab me often times I would defend myself and push way …show more content…
Though, he did make me feel like I was still his property. He would intimidate me at school by giving me glances and mean looks. If I was with other guys or If I wore clothes he did not approve of, he would call me names and put me down which made me not want to wear the clothes I wanted. We went almost eight months with these issues. Then we got into a very abusive, physical fight. He left me with a busted lip, marks on my neck, and bruises on my thighs from where he had kicked me. My parents noticed the bruises and I was so panicked and scared that I had told them I had gotten in a fight with another girl. I went a week without telling anyone. Finally, I decided that I had to tell someone about what had happened. I got in touch with a person of trust. I did not know where to start. What if I got him in trouble? What if he hurts me? Am I going to lose him for good? All of those questions swirling around in my head. Then again was I just going to stay quiet and let him get away with what he had done to me, again? It was not my fault. No one deserves to be hurt like he hurt me. Is that love? Hurting someone physically and emotionally? It is not. There are resources that may help. You are not alone. Speak to someone of trust and reach out. The fight never stops but what you get out of it in the end is priceless. If you think you are alone, you are not. The support outways the negative put downs by