Since the onset of the Coronavirus, we’ve been inundated with FEAR. The media is saturating our brains with thoughts of illness, death, deprivation, and isolation.
Those who can think beyond despair have created videos of how to combat cabin fever, loneliness, and fear; but how about those who’ve had to shelter in place in a place that’s UNSAFE?
With so many people out of work, the fear of losing an income is enough to drive the average person over the edge, but what if you’re living over the edge EVERYDAY?
Women, men and children who suffer abuse from their spouse, dating partner, parent or family member live for the peace of being at home alone. They long for the moment the abuser goes to work, runs and errand or goes out with friends. The sheer relief of that person being away is the only joy they feel every moment of every given day.
So imagine at this time you’re trapped inside with a person who’s normally filled with anxiety and rage is now even more agitated over the VIRUS and what it’s doing to us. A person who is already a walking time bomb over something as simple as leaving something sticky on the kitchen counter.
For the silent sufferer, their silent prayers go unanswered because they’re frozen in fear, their silent faith gives them hope that the abuser may someday vanish into thin air and then they’ll be free to live again; but for now in the mind of the abuse survivor, prince charming is still out there somewhere in the world holding that Louboutin Stiletto, hoping to find her and take her to his castle so they can live happily ever after; or for a police officer to come to the door while the abuser is away, with a report indicating that someone reported seeing bruises on her children, therefore, she needs to gather her children and her belongings because they’re being moved to a safe place.
Today, there are no Ambush Makeovers for battered women, no Windy City Rehab for restoring all that is broken in the homes of women, children and families that are living in a fear. A fear equal to if not greater than the Coronavirus pandemic.
Sadly, the Coronavirus, could kill people in a very short period of time; domestic violence on the other hand is a silent killer that kills slowly, choking you until you can no longer breathe with the only antidote being the courage to take a deep breath open the door and SHELTER IN PLACE, somewhere, with someone who will help you feel SAFE!
IF YOU NEED HELP CALL:
THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 1-800-799-7233
