Leaving an Abusive Relationship and Your Mental Health
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- Is Leaving an Abusive Relationship the Answer to Mental Health Problems?
- Help Spread Awareness of Mental Illness
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
- Stand Up for Mental Health
- Coaching The Preschooler With ADHD
- Latest Mental Health News
Is Leaving an Abusive Relationship the Answer to Mental Health Problems?
There's an assumption that once a woman (or man) is out of the abusive relationship, everything is fine. Is that really true, however?
Physical abuse and emotional abuse are powerful weapons which leave lasting scars. A 2010 research study on the subject reveals the impact of physical violence or a controlling relationship lasts beyond the relationship itself. The effects of domestic violence on women includes high levels of depression and anxiety, the study found. Having to continue communicating with their abuser and parent of their children, financial problems and lack of outside support all contributed to increased mental health problems.
Dana understands that. On the HealthyPlace.com Facebook Page, Dana writes:
"The physical, verbal, and sexual abuse from my ex-husband somehow seemed easier to deal with than the myriad of mental health issues I have had in the five years since leaving."
Susan shares:
"There was/is so much "fixing" to do after living in an abusive relationship. Your life just doesn't go back to normal after you leave it. You are never the same."
All this is not meant to suggest that a woman or man should not leave abusive partners, but it's not a magical solution either. Recovery from physical, emotional or sexual abuse is a process that can take years.
Your Thoughts
Today's Question: Have you found that leaving the abusive relationship was the answer to your mental health issues? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.
Related Abusive Relationship Articles
- Victims of Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse and Why They Stay
- Trapped in An Abusive Relationship?
- Emotional Abuse Help, Support and Recovery
- Domestic Abuse Help: Domestic Violence Support, Shelters, Groups
- All Abuse Articles on HealthyPlace.com
Help Spread Awareness of Mental Illness
Get Our Mental Health Blog Widget
Over 370 sites and blogs are helping spread awareness of mental illness. How about putting our mental health blogs widget on your website, blog or social page? The latest HealthyPlace blog headlines appear as soon as the articles are posted on our site. Just click "Get Widget" at the bottom of the widget, grab the embed code and paste it into your page. You'll also see embed links for Wordpress, Blogger, Linkedin and other social sites there.
As a bonus, put the blogs widget on your site or blog, email us (info AT healthyplace.com) with a page link where it appears, and we'll give a shoutout to your site, blog, or social site on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Share our Stories
At the top and bottom of all our stories, you'll find social share buttons for Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest and other social sites. If you find a particular story, video, psychological test or other HealthyPlace feature helpful, there's a good chance others in need will too. Please share.
We also get many inquiries about our linking policy. If you have a website or blog, you can link to any page on the HealthyPlace website without asking us beforehand.
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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- Childhood Bipolar Disorder: Growing Up A Bipolar Child
- Tricks and Tactics Of Anxiety: It Likes To Confuse Us
- Speaking Openly About Bipolar and Being Judged For It
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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Mental Health Experiences
Share your thoughts/experiences with any mental health subject, or respond to other people's audio posts, by calling our toll-free number (1-888-883-8045).
You can listen to what other people are saying by clicking on the gray title bars inside the widgets located on the "Sharing Your Mental Health Experiences" homepage, the HealthyPlace homepage, and the HealthyPlace Support Network homepage.
If you have any questions, write us at: info AT healthyplace.com
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.
- When A Depression Trigger Sneaks Up On You (Coping with Depression Blog)
- Am I Just Worried, Or Do I Have an Anxiety Disorder? and The Myths and Facts on Self-Medicating for Anxiety (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Bipolar Is But A Symptom of Childhood Abuse (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Self-Compassion and Positive Self-Talk (Bipolar Vida Blog)
- Social Anxiety: The Power of Anyway and No Way! (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- Living With PTSD and a Self-Centered Lifestyle (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- About Dr. Harry Croft, Author of Understanding Combat PTSD Blog (Understanding Combat PTSD)
- Do You Suffer From Perfectionism? (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- The Military and Mental Health Stigma (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- Tips to Overcome The Isolation Habit After Domestic Abuse (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Self-Harm and Advice From A Coach On ‘The Voice’ (Speaking Out About Self-Injury Blog)
- How Do I Help My Family Member with Mental Illness? (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
- Mental Health Services, Campaigns Ignore Parents, Families (Your Mental Health Blog)
- Parenting Lessons: Practice Kindness (Life with Bob Blog)
- My Hopes for the Affordable Care Act (More Than Borderline Blog)
- When Your Eating Disorder Wears A Costume and Being Mindful in Bulimia Recovery (Surviving ED Blog)
- Searching For Signs Of Mental Illness In The Universe (Funny in the Head: A Mental Health Humor Blog)
- Adult ADHD and Staying Focused (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
- Being A Crime Victim With Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
- Finding LGBT Friendly Mental Health Care for the Uninsured (The Life: LGBT Mental Health and Relationships Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
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Stand Up for Mental Health
Thousands Have Joined the Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign
But we still need you. Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trichotillomania, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.
Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Coaching The Preschooler With ADHD
Having a very young child with ADHD, and no prior experience parenting one, leaves many parents searching for answers on what to do. Not to worry. Our Parenting Coach, Dr. Steven Richfield, offers parents some guidance on how to manage behaviors of ADHD kids.
Latest Mental Health News
These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:
- A New Study From M.I.T. Links a Raised Heart Rate to Success in Negotiations
- Keep Telling Yourself, 'This Workout Feels Good'
- Get Your Green On. What Nature Can Do For You
- Medical Ethics Have Been Violated at U.S. Gov't. Detention Sites
- Sleep Alert: Why You'll Never Know Just How Tired You Are
- Depression in Australian Workplaces More 'Hidden' Than in Europe
- Problem-Solving Education Reduces Parental Stress After Child Autism Diagnosis
- 'Cold Turkey' Morphine Withdrawal May Trigger Mental Decline
- Switching Focus Underlies Attention Problems in Schizophrenia
- White Matter Integrity Supports Heritability of Bipolar Disorder
- Novel Approach Confirms Dysfunctional Energy Production in Schizophrenia
- Insomnia Hurts Job Performance of Depressed Patients
- Obesity, Bipolarity May Have Common Mechanisms
That's it for now. If you know of anyone who can benefit from this newsletter or the HealthyPlace.com site, I hope you'll pass this onto them. You can also share the newsletter on any social network (like facebook, stumbleupon, or digg) you belong to by clicking the links below. For updates throughout the week:
APA Reference
Staff, H.
(2013, November 13). Leaving an Abusive Relationship and Your Mental Health, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, June 20 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/leaving-an-abusive-relationship-and-your-mental-health
