The Emotional Effects of Domestic Violence(Survey)
One of my favorite sayings and one that I came up with myself is "As advocates we should seek to understand more than we seek to be understood". As a new and aspiring advocate I do not want to assume or come off as thinking that I know everything there is to know about domestic violence or any other causes for that matter. I see statistics all the time, but I am not really big on statistics. I am big on testimonies and learning about other peoples struggle and how they overcame. Because of that, I have created a survey in order to understand better the emotional affects of domestic violence. I would like to hear from you, if you would like to share. Let it be known that I do not want to turn this into statistics that is not what this is about, I just want to hear from people who have actually been through it. I have been through it myself, but in the process of wanting to help others, I also want to understand them. I realize that every situation is different ...