October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Haven FYI – Friday September 30, 2022
Tomorrow is the first of October and October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Take A Stand is a call to action meant to bring attention to the issue of domestic violence for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) and throughout the year.
October Haven Report
Since October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, this month’s article is about defining what exactly domestic violence is. We often hear “it can’t be domestic violence…he doesn’t hit me”. “It’s not domestic violence…we’re married, and he just likes to know where I am at all times and give me an allowance”.
Haven FYI – Friday, September 21, 2022
Have you been in an abusive environment growing up or an abusive relationship? Even if they aren’t physically violent with you, they could still be abusing you through gaslighting, emotional abuse, narcissistic abuse, verbal abuse, psychological abuse, and more. Sometimes what we experience in a toxic relationship can cause us to develop unhealed trauma or CPTSD. To help you be more aware of these psychological scars, we made this video on the signs of people who might have been abused.
