The Abuse Secret: Reporting Your Friend for Abuse
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- The Abuse Secret
- Child Abuse: The Impact Doesn't Have to Last A Lifetime on HealthyPlace Radio
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
The Abuse Secret
What would you do if your best friend's wife told you she had been enduring physical abuse and/or emotional - psychological abuse by her husband? For many, it's probably one of those awkward moments. Then, there's the internal battle going on in your mind: your best friend vs. his wife. Or maybe, you just don't know what to do in a situation like this.
Kellie Holly, author of the Verbal Abuse in Relationships blog, wrote about this scenario in a two-part series:
One of our HealthyPlace Google+ members bravely shared this:
"Was in this situation. Hate myself for not doing more than just stop talking with my friend."
I bring this up because so many times when there's a tragedy in the news, it's accompanied by this statement:
"I knew (or I thought)," said Mr./Ms. So-and-So. "I wish I had done something."
You can do something! Kellie spells out the steps in her articles. I'll share a first step. Make sure the person is safe, then call the National Domestic Violence Hotline. 1−800−799−SAFE(7233). You can remain anonymous if you wish.
One last thing, you don't have to be absolutely, positively sure about the abuse. If you suspect abuse, it's better to be safe than sorry. Leave the investigation up to the authorities. They know what to do.
Related Abuse Information
- How to Report Domestic Violence
- Domestic Abuse Help: Domestic Violence Support Shelters and Groups
- Physically Abused? Where to Get Help for Physical Abuse
- 5 Ways of Dealing with Verbally Abusive Relationships
- How to Report Child Abuse
- A List of All Abuse Articles
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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- Are You Tired Of Being Afraid?
- Effects of Verbal Abuse on Children, Women and Men
- What is a Healthy Relationship?
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
Your comments and observations are welcomed.
- Afraid of Failure? 4 Steps to Breaking Down Failure (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Missing a Dose of Psych Meds (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Black or White: Mental Health Disparities Between the Races (The Bipolar Griot Blog)
- Books That Build Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence for Adults and Kids (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- Mental Health: Chickens and Eggs (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- “Does Living With a Mental Illness Mean I’m Not ‘Normal’?” (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- Mental Illness: What Do Mothers Know, Anyway? (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
- Teaching Kids to Cope with Depression (Coping with Depression Blog)
- But I Can’t Leave! There’s No Way Out Of This Abuse. (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Hunger, Food, and Eating Disorder Recovery (Surviving ED Blog)
- Grieving a Loss: Mental Illness and Bereavement (More Than Borderline Blog)
- Trauma Disorders and Cortisol (Part 4): Managing Cortisol (Dissociative Living Blog)
- New Evidence Challenges Bipolar-Creativity Link (Funny in the Head: A Mental Health Humor Blog)
- Barriers to Drug Addiction Treatment (Debunking Addiction Blog)
- Preventing Violence with Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
- My "Succeed with ADHD" Telesummit Aha’s (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
Child Abuse: The Impact Doesn’t Have to Last A Lifetime on HealthyPlace Radio
Nikki grew up in an abusive home and suffered years of child abuse. It led her to drug use and engaging in self-injurious behavior at the early age of 12 years old.
On this edition of the HealthyPlace Mental Health Radio Show, Amy discusses her years on the street dealing with drug addiction, an eating disorder, even enduring rape and how she made her way back to health and recovery.
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APA Reference
(2012, August 14). The Abuse Secret: Reporting Your Friend for Abuse, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2023, March 24 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/abuse-secret
