Domestic abuse has a detrimental effect on those experiencing it and those around the abuse who are witnessing it. It has a wider impact on those closest to the abuser and the abused, friends and family. The damage, physically and mentally, can be long lasting, even a lifetime.
Here are some of the effects abuse has.
Trauma can be created from experiencing abusive relationships.
Families and relationships become complex after an abusive relationship.
You may become isolated due to the effects of the abuse, or being isolated against your will.
Anxiety and depression are the result of living in fear of the abuser.
Turning to alcohol and drugs are a common if unhelpful method of coping with abuse.
Developing money and job problems can be created in an abusive relationship.