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episode 26: Staying In Marriage When Your Husband is Abusive
At BTR.ORG, our number one goal is to help women find safety.
Safety isn't just protection from physical harm: women deserve emotional, spiritual, financial, and sexual safety to both survive and thrive in life.
Choosing To Stay With An Abuser
There are many reasons that women may decide to stay in a marriage with an abusive man, including: financial and health reasons, fear of harm that could come from a divorce, or hoping that he will eventually change.
Many women do leave abusive relationships to find safety, and usually that is the safest route for a woman to take to find healing. However, when a woman chooses to stay in a relationship with an abusive man, there are three main steps that she can take to ensure that she is as safe as possible.
Victims of Emotional Abuse And Betrayal Must Set and Maintain Effective Boundaries
Whether a victim stays or leaves an abuser, she will only find safety once she has set and maintained appropriate boundaries.
Boundaries are not statements, requests, or ultimatums. They are courageous actions that women take to separate themselves from abuse.
Seek Support From Other Women Who "Get It"
Abusers seek to isolate women from support networks. Too often, their covert (and overt) tactics work, and victims become isolated and feel completely powerless over making healthy connections with others.
Overcoming this faulty belief, imposed by abusers, is necessary for women to find safety.
Choose Self-Care: Baby Steps Are Just Fine
Abusers indoctrinate their victims to believe that they are not worthy of self-care. Often, abusers will interject themselves into the center of their partner's life, making it nearly impossible for the time and attention that self-care requires.
Women seeking safety and peace must find ways to take care of their own physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
The most powerful form of self-care is setting and maintaining safety boundaries.
BTR.ORG Is Here For You
At BTR, we understand the complexities of choosing to leave a marriage; we also understand that some women can't even explain why they are staying and just need support.
Consider attending a BTR.ORG Group Session today.
Remember, you are not alone.