The Cycle of Abuse - Chapter 8 - ABUSE is NO USE!

Calm - Tension - Incident - Reconciliation

Do they sound familiar?
How many of you actually endure this cycle every single day?


Somewhere, in these horrendously demanding and busy lives that we make for ourselves (yes, WE make them), all the emotions become rolled into one - a kind of 'survival' instinct that is employed just to get us through another day!


In abusive situations, we become conditioned to the daily cycle, almost expecting that "it'll be ok", then "it'll be tense", then "an explosion", and finally "see, it's all over now". But, it's still ABUSE; becoming conditioned to accept it as a way of life is no solution.

So, what can be done? How can we raise awareness levels amongst those that are being abused? (On the basis that some people don't even realise that they are a victim).
There is a plethora of information available on the internet, from case-study examples of abuse to details of support and refuge organisations, but can or does the 'average' 'victim' access this? How do we get the message across that they don't have to endure abuse, that there are ways of dealing with it and that they are not alone?

There is little or  no television coverage of this kind of thing. Unless victims are 'allowed' to have a social circle where they become exposed to others who have 'broken free' of their abusers, there is little chance of their ever gaining the resources they need to commence extraction from their situations. There needs to be more exposure of this in the media, organisations coming to the fore and conveying the message loud and clear that ABUSE is NO USE!