STOP VIOLENCE AND DATING

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Sometimes people continue to be in abusive relationships because they love the other person and feel they can change....the problem is however the person who does the abusing needs to seek serious counseling so they can understand why they act this way in the first place before they are ready to engage in a relationship with another individual! Help spread the word! www.dosomething.org/abuse

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it's hard for me to believe that one person would physically hurt somebody else out of anger... i mean, i've been really really angry plenty of times, but i don't think that abusing someone is ever the answer. what about emotional abuse, though? both victim and the one doing the victimizing need serious help after a case of abuse. i feel like some people in abusive relationships probably don't even see them that way- like they think it's normal or okay. there is no justification for any type of violence.

 
 

your right there is no justification for any kind of violence. if someone is being emotionally abused the person doing the abusing can make him/her feel as if they really love each other although its not really love its mostly fear. fear of being alone, fear or what that person may do, fear of the pain of hurting that other person. people need to realize that its okay to be afraid, sometimes the best choices are not the easiest. in society we make it seem as if you have to be in a relationship to be happy, thats not the case though. i think more people need to spread the word that you can be alone and be happy, and that sometimes you may have to put your feeling ahead of someone elses if it is for the best!! STOP TEEN ABUSE!!!

 
 

i love this because i never understood why this happens to people until it happend to me. but ive been with my boyfriend 6 yrs now and i know your probably thinkin why but i understood what his problems were and it wasnt that i was so in love and thought it was okay but i knew he needed help. and so i got help for him. people make mistakes and things they experience in their lives add to them making mistakes but that doesnt mean you just get mad and give up on them. those people that are abusing others need help too not just the victims.just thought id put that out there.

 
 

i think this is very helpful peace because i never knew why the abused person stayed in the relationship

 
 

Yea, I agree, BUT... I don't think tht they should stop dating for EVER. -LuisLover

 
 

If they r being abused, they SHOULD stop dating for good!

 
 

In response to JAGfan123, I feel differently, because really, if you are abused once, in one relationship, does that imply you should be alone forever, and never have the right/ability to find happiness with someone else? I don't think it should, maybe someone in a relationship gets abused, they get out fo that relationship, that means they just have to let their next partner know what's happened to them in the past so that new partner is aware and is sensitive to the issue. As for those who abuse others, they need help as well btu they also do not deserve to never be happy, because people can change if they are really willing and determinded to do so, but again, their future partners need to know of their past. And know what they are brought into by being with that person. Everyone is entitled to love, it may not be a right, but you should never say to someone you don't deserve to love another person and be loved back by that person. It's not fair. In any way.

 
 

I agree with Among. The. Silence. I was in an abusive relationship, and thought that every relationship was like that and getting into a relationship with my current boyfriend actually helped me to start getting over the abusive one.

 
 

This was a very helpful site. After learning about my friend and her abusive relationship, I kept asking myself why she stayed? Why did her boyfriend even think it was okay to hurt her like that? Thinking about the fact that counseling would allow her ex-boyfriend to realize what he did was wrong and what led him to that point was alleviating. Although I haven't known my friend for a long time, I feel bad knowing that no one did anything to help her while she was going through it. Is it that people don't want to get involved in something that isn't personally affecting them? Or maybe that people in abusive relationships are just great at hiding the abuse?

I have to say that I agree with Among.The.Silence. Although abusive relationships will undoubtedly alter a person's perspective on relationships, it should not stop them from dating. Not everyone will be abusive. Instead talking about the abuse and what led to it occurring will open other people's eyes on a topic that isn't getting a lot of attention until now. No one deserves to live through this or think that they're unworthy of love. It's just not fair.