Walk away from abuse

Walk away from verbal abuse,
walk away from physical violence,
walk away from negativity.
Walk towards your conviction of
a dream of a better tomorrow.

When you walk away, you break the loop of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, where you feel compelled to stay to suffer abuse. When you feel sympathy for your tormentor, you have fallen into the Stockholm Syndrome. Abuse is not a part of your life. Don’t fool yourself into believing that what does not kill you will only make you stronger. Abuse kills. It breaks your mind, stabs your heart and numbs you to succumb farther. Confront abuse if you can. Walk away if you can’t. Leave. Anyone – anyone who stands with an abuser, is guilty of committing the same sins as the abuser.This betrayer of your trust will regroup and launch a fresh attack on you. Walk away from them. Seek help if you need to. Banish the destroyers away from your life.

Walk away before abuse breaks your legs. Please.

#WritingPrompts theme: walking away.

I like this tweet:

Stop discrediting women for walking away from toxic relationships. Shame on you if you think they’re the ones at fault. There is only so much mental and physical abuse a person can take. It would not be healthy if they stayed and continued to take it. Please understand that

— 𝓁𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓎 ☾ (@moonybagans) September 9, 2018

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Verbal abuse inflicts mental stress, emotional wounds, physical torture and spiritual conflict.

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Abuse is one of the tactics a bully uses to exert influence and control. The bully could not achieve their secret agenda by legitimate means. Abuse is violence meant to break the will power of the victim. It distorts perceptions and corrupts both the bully and victim.

Writing prompt “control“.

Updated August 5 2024:

Women are killed by men whose egos are too big to accept rejection. In societies who exercise patriarchy, men deem themselves entitled to use force on women. Abuse corrupts and kills. In April, May, June and July 2024, at least 8 women were killed in scandalous murders by their boyfriend, ex-boyfriend or stranger.

April 2024: Fayaz Khondunaik, 23, is accused of killing Neha Hiremath, also 23, in Hubbali, Karnataka. 

Fayaz and Neha were friends who fell out because of romance.

Also in April: Pradeep Nayak, 31, is accused of killing Ruksana, 21.

May 2024: Girish Sawant, 23, allegedly killed Anjali Ambiger, 20.

July 2024: Abhishek Ghosi allegedly killed Kriti Kumari in Bengaluru

Women are supposed to help their fellow women in sisterhood. However, a woman who does this will earn the anger of the male bully who has been domineering, bullying and abusing his woman friend. For example, Kriti Kumari, 24, bled to death after she interfered in her room mate’s relationship with a man. Abhishek Ghosi, 25, slit Kriti’s throat. He had entered her hostel in Bengaluru to attack her. Other female residents in the hostel were too traumatised to help Kriti. Maybe applying pressure on the wound could stem the flow of blood.