Here's the 24-hour crisis hotline for battered women. Please call and set up an escape route to a battered womens shelter where you can go with your children.
Because he has conditioned you to be passive, this will be the most difficult action you take, because you'll feel like you are betraying him and betraying his connection to you as your husband. You may possibly be suffering from battered women syndrome.
It is extremely difficult for battered women to leave their abusive husbands because their abusive husbands have emotionally and physically abused their wives' to the point the wives are afraid to seek help for fear of being punished by the husband.
What you need to understand is this is a false belief conditioned in you, based on the repetitive, relentless abuse you've endured by your husband. So, you are not betraying your marriage or your husband by seeking help for yourself and your children by leaving him.
Once you make the phone call, an advocate will connect you to a local battered womens shelter where you and your children will be escorted to when your husband is not around.
The advocates will coach you through the entire escape process. It's scary, sure, but by escaping him, they will help you and your children get free and start your lives over away from your husband's abuse.
You cannot change him or help him. That is not your job. Your job, is to protect yourself and your children.
The shelter advocates you connect with locally will wait until your husband is gone and will come get you and your son and hide your location from him so that he cannot find you. That's how this system is set up to help abused women.
You have to decide if you want a life free of your husband's abuse and what that looks like to you.
24-Hour Crisis Hotline | Women In Distress
(954) 761-1133
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The hotline is staffed by trained advocates and volunteers who focus on helping callers reach these following goals:
Ensure survivors are provided with appropriate services on the hotline and are connected to Residential and Outreach services.
Ensure prompt provision of appropriate referrals for callers to one of Women in Distress many community partners.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
A survivor’s first step to accessing Women In Distress’ services is to call our 24-hour crisis hotline (954-761-1133). An advocate will immediately answer the call and provide information about services and the next steps to keep the victim and their children safe. The family will be brought to shelter, if needed and available, or to counseling services at our Jim & Jan Moran Family Center.
After the initial call to the 24-hour crisis hotline, an advocate will greet the victim, assess their needs, provide resources, educate them on the dynamics of domestic abuse and assist with individual safety planning in order to encourage the victim to plan for a secure place if not in shelter.
Women In Distress focuses its efforts on providing an environment that will help survivors recover from the traumatic effects of victimization and develop an understanding and awareness of the dynamics of domestic violence. This is accomplished by empowering them to gain independence and self-sufficiency.
The services offered at Women In Distress are essential to helping survivors rebuild their lives after victimization. Our services also help them understand and participate in the criminal justice system, and provide them with safe shelter, if needed.
Through the empowerment method, we encourage our participants to freely choose the programs and services in which they wish to participate.
During the first critical days after participants begin seeking services at Women In Distress, the advocate will be with them as a support system, someone they can lean on as she or he begins a new life.
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