@theblacksalamander: Domestic violence is not defined by bruises, broken bones, or police reports. It’s living in constant fear of someone’s reactions. It’s carefully choosing your words to avoid an explosion. It’s being threatened, humiliated, manipulated, isolated, and controlled until you barely recognize yourself. It’s having your reality distorted so often that you stop trusting your own judgment. It’s apologizing for things you didn’t do. It’s learning to make yourself smaller just to keep the peace. And perhaps one of the cruelest parts is that the person terrorizing you can appear perfectly charming, generous, and loving to everyone else. Abuse does not have to leave a visible injury to cause profound psychological harm. You do not have to be hit to be a victim of domestic violence. And you do not owe anyone physical evidence of your suffering for it to be real. Fear is not love. Control is not protection. Intimidation is not passion. And surviving someone is not the same as being loved by them. #DomesticViolenceAwareness #EmotionalAbuse #CoerciveControl #PsychologicalAbuse #SurvivorVoices

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Tuesday 13 October 2026 14:09:27 GMT