
Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.

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I`ve never written before on this site but i`ve read several threads that was posted and would love some help from you guys.I have an older sister who split from her partner of 14yrs since she asked him to leave shes started to open up telling us about how the last 14yrs has been a nightmare god where do i start.The abuse mostly mentally has been constant and relentless playing cruel mind games ,belittling her ,humiliating her and changing her from a strong ,confident young business women into a complete wreck who doesn`t know right from wrong .Two weekends ago we managed to persuade her to move home with me to safety i`ve been so terrified for her welfare as he has serious mental health problems ,he drinks heavily and i suspect drugs are also in there somewhere .We just threw all her belongings in strong bin bags and packed them quickly into my car all the time we were moving her we were all scared incase he came back and saw her moving and flipped .It`s been 2weeks since she escaped as she calls it and things at my home are really bad her mood swings are horrendous and shes up one minute and down the next my home feels like a battle ground and all i`ve done since shes moved in is cry the years of abuse have affected her badly and she doesn`t seem to know whats right and wrong anymore shes so mixed up .They have a house together and also she has allowed him to use her car and now wants it back the thing is he`s using these as a way to keep in touch with her telling her how he wishes he could turn the clocks back and change everything and then he turns aggressive and starts with the threats .Please can anyone help me and advise me how to help her all my family are going all out to help her but it doesn`t seem to be enough .The doctors given her 2wks off work for stress but no medication as he doesn`t believe in it .We are at our wits end and i don`t know what to do he is a very violent man but very crafty and would put on a good act if we got the police involved for any reason.

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She's very lucky to have a supportive family but I think she may need more at this point. A lot of women go through this after they do leave. Help her to seek counceling. There are groups that specialize in this kind of situation. Good luck to you all.

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They glow with charm when they see the police. In fact, they would end up taking your sister away. She would have to have a family member in her house when she called the police to avert this...They don't seem to get the idea until they get notice from a lawyer...
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