Why Women Stay In Abusive Relationships
- You love your partner
- They have threatened to kill you if you leave
- You are afraid of them
- You think it will get better
- They have promised to change, and you want to believe them
- You think it is partially your fault
- You are afraid you won’t find another partner
- You think they love you
- When they are nice to you they are wonderful
- You don’t want to be alone
- You believe you can help them to change
- You saw violence growing up and its not as bad as that
- You feel that the extreme jealousy is a sign that they really love you
- They have never really “hurt you ” Just small bruises and you don’t really think that low level of violence is abuse
- You feel sorry for them, nobody understands them like you
- You have low self-esteem as a result of the abusive relationship
- If you have children together, you are hesitant to separate the children from their Mother/Father