There’s nothing that your friend could do that would make it ok for him to abuse her. Domestic abuse is always the responsibility of the abuser. An abusive person will often tell the person they are hurting that it is their fault. She may be feeling ashamed of what’s happening and feel as if she’s to blame for the violence. However, the decision to leave the relationship has to ultimately come from her and sometimes it can take women several attempts before they leave the relationship for good. This is often a danger in an abusive situation. Try to keep the lines of communication open so that she doesn’t become more isolated. If your friend is being open with you and acknowledging the abuse, this is a positive sign.
Ensure that you do not put yourself into a dangerous situation for example, do not offer to talk to the abuser about your friend or let yourself be seen by the abuser as a threat to their relationship.
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Tell her Women’s Aid and how to access our website. Be ready to provide information on organisations that offer help to abused women and their children.Help her to report the assault to the police if she chooses to do so.If so, offer to go with her to a hospital or to see her GP. Ask if she has suffered physical harm.Don’t tell her to leave the relationship if she is not ready to do this.Encourage her to express her feelings, whatever they are. Nothing she can do or say can justify the abuser’s behaviour. Tell her that no one deserves to be threatened or beaten, despite what her abuser has told her.Acknowledge that she is in a frightening and very difficult situation.
Give her time to talk, but don’t push her to go into too much detail if she doesn’t want to. Acknowledge that it takes strength to trust someone enough to talk to them about experiencing abuse.Tell her that she is not alone and that there are many women like her in the same situation. Listen to her, try to understand and take care not to blame her.
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