Survive From Your Battered Home

What can you do right now to survive your battered home?

• Don't hurt yourself. You deserve to live.

• Know that you're not going crazy.

• Find people to talk to.

• Get professional help.

• Get support from other survivors.

• Do as many nice things for yourself as you can.

• Drop what isn't essential in your lift.

• Find or create a safe area in your house or find a place to go when things get bad. You do not have to stay and watch physical or mental abuse. Get help for your Mom and LEAVE.

• Get out of abusive situations on a job or at school. You have enough stress at home without adding any more.

• Remind yourself that you are going to live through this.

• Develop a belief in something other than yourself.

• Remember, this too shall pass.

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