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We need a 4th emergency service for people in crisis to just evac them from bad situations, almost like the witness protection. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by FizzlePopBerryTwist to c/showerthoughts
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I don't want to get too political in shower thoughts, but this would solve a lot of the hot button issues if more people just had safer and supportive environments to escape to and volunteers / paid professionals to help them on the other end.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

By the time things have escalated to the point the abuse victim is desperate to escape, they've spent years trying to fix things at home. Remember, most victims start off having loved their abuser once. It's only after you're met with failure after failure after failure that it finally starts to sink in your abuser doesn't want to change, because they like having power over you.

The only safe option at that point is to GTFO before things escalate even further.