Violence Between The Walls

So I will share my story with the world today about my experience with domestic violence . After reading my class articles and class on Thursday reality hit me hard that i truly have been in an abusive relationship. I just thought my relationship was a little difficult because we lived together and I was in school, worked,and traveled a lot. However with seeing the video that featured Rhianna, expressing the battle that she and Chris Brown are still going through showed me my past and the exact thing that I was apart of not so long ago. I tried not to cry so tears pilled up in my throat and I swallowed all of my emotions just right after the lights were turned on. I couldn't believe that was an example of Domestic Violence and that I played a role as the victim and attacker.(Lind, 264) Just like the video shows it becomes an addiction that both people can't really escape to until both of them get really hurt or life separates the two. For my case life really did a slow but fast separation of us that allowed me to gain a sense of control back from such a strong addiction. I know that i don't like the feeling of physical pain such as pulling off a band-aid or a cut i turn into a baby but I had been attracted to mental games that ended up with me having more than physical abuse. I'm telling this story to allow people to understand that people that love playing mental games have a tendency to get addicted to Domestic Violence. I don't want to admit but somehow through the media I had become descentized to the violence that was shown and accepted by society. Its stated in Gendered Lives

that exposure to sexual violence through media is linked to greater tolerance, or even approval, of violence.

I have realized that sometimes us labeling things helps get people out of situations or helps describes what they went through