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What's happening behind closed doors?



Why is Violence increasing?

What's happening behind closed doors?

We have laws to prevent Abuse, governmental and non-governmental organizations for victims to report their Abuse, and courtrooms for trials to imprison perpetrators.

  • Emotional and psychological Abuse (from friends and even family) can take many forms, including belittling, manifesting as judging, humiliating, criticizing, trivializing, or telling cruel jokes. But belittling is no joking matter of the human soul and actions that place you on the lowest rung of human existence...
  • A beating - because she just disagreed with you... because she didn't do what you asked her to do, and you think you are superior to her...
  • Violence in the family - countless cases where either the reasons are alcohol or just nerves, and you want to have a tantrum somewhere, and you are violent in the worst way.
  • "Bullying" - mainly verbal abuse, where they make fun of girls every day either for their weight, their appearance, and anything else that might "bother" the "apparently" superior "beings"...
  • The "white flesh trade," where young girls are forced to sell their bodies by force and against their will, feels the ultimate humiliation and shame for themselves.

A big WHY...of Abuse and exploitation. Why should there be this Violence and all this pain?

I imagined a world where victims could feel safe to report and receive justice, and that's why I am working on my initiative for Justice in Court.

I was looking for an exit door at 18.

I imagined this world because I never felt safe reporting, and it took me 20 years to do that. When I finally did, I never received justice from the law or Court. My abuser was set free for the repeated Abuse he had caused me for 20 years. He was presented with a clear criminal record, although he faced suspended imprisonment for biting someone else. I never received justice from the Bank that took all my money away because my abuser never repaid the loan I signed for him or the state that never protected me from Abuse as a child or as an adult victim of domestic Violence.

In the movie of my life, I played the leading role of a victim, survivor, and victor. The end of this movie is that I transform into a Hero to save myself. I transitioned from one abusive environment to the other. I faced physical, emotional, economic, and verbal Abuse as a child and as an adult, spousal abuse, and son abuse. 

I was a victim of Abuse from my dad, ex-husband, and 19-year-old son. The Abuse was carried out from father to son. I gave myself the most precious gift that money couldn't buy. Finally, I found freedom and found the exit door I was looking for. I walked away from the Abuse that had surrounded me. 

I walked out and never looked back. Instead, I trained myself to be the woman I am today. I removed toxic people from my life to live authentically and to be my truth. I take full responsibility for my life and accept challenges as a way to learn and become more. I remain balanced and focused on what I really want; I make sure that I am doing things that will make me happy and focusing on myself and what drives me at this stage. 

I want all young women survivors of Abuse to live life to its fullest and never look back, and I am offering to provide them with the tools and skills they need for their journey toward authenticity.

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