The Excuses Of Not Talking About Abuse…..Because PART ONE

If we aren’t alone…..if staggering statistics clearly show that abuse is a worldwide problem that does not discriminate……affecting people of all races, gender, financial status, religion, sexual orientation, background, etc……then why don’t we talk about it more. Well…..Because

Because it’s difficult
Because of the repercussions
Because of what other people will think of us
Because I don’t want to hurt anybody
Because no-one will believe me
Because there is nothing they can do about it
Because I’m an adult now…..so i have moved on
Because I’m trying to forget it happened
Because it’s not a big deal…..I got over it
Because it happened a long time ago
Because the family would be torn apart
Because they will think I am crazy
Because I don’t want to be a burden
Because I will called a liar and labelled mentally ill
Because I feel embarrassed
Because I feel ashamed
Because it would upset my family, my children
Because it’s no big deal….nothing much happened anyway
Because nobody will do anything about it now
Because the abuser won’t be brought to justice….so what is the point
Because the facts in my head are a bit fuzzy so I don’t want to say anything that isn’t 100% true
Because everyone else seems to have it all together and i don’t want to stand out as the weak one
Because I don’t want to look like an attention seeker
Because I don’t want to draw attention to myself
Because I don’t like being vulnerable to me vulnerable means victim
Because I might get so low that I won’t be able to pull myself out of the black pit of depression

Let’s work on getting past the excuses and getting help. Let’s raise awareness to create change. Let’s end the silence on abuse.

Domestic abuse is NEVER okay. (tamsinhopkins.wordpress.com)
No room for excuses when it comes to abuse (velociriot.org)
It Doesn’t Matter When It Happened Or What Kind Of Sexual Assault It Was/Is (ssaitco.wordpress.com)

5 thoughts on “The Excuses Of Not Talking About Abuse…..Because PART ONE”

Ray's Mom says:

October 12, 2013 at 9:24 AM

Reblogged this on JUSTICE FOR RAYMOND and commented:
Domestic abuse – I recently found a pamphlet titled “Going Home Shouldn’t Hurt”. So true. Men, women, children and adults suffer from uncontrolled rage of a partner, spouse or even an adult child. Our children are becoming a huge population of an abusive parent.