The officer walks over to her and gently picks up a blanket and covers her. Stating that everything will be fine from now on. Standing, she calls to her partner, get an ambulance and arrest him. This is not an easy story for me to tell because it is the story of my life. Domestic violence is not just a story you read in the paper, or watch in trial format on television, this is a life that many people live daily.
Abuse is a power trip.
Most abusers isolate their wives, they control the money, they control the vehicles, they control everything. They destroy confidence and any remnants of self esteem. The adjustment is not easy, an abuser will insist that you can not make it without them. They vow their undying love, and promise it will never happen again. The truth of the matter is they need you, not you them.