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JACKSON, Miss. -- 7,500 of your friends, neighbors, co-workers, even family members have reported being a victim of domestic violence this year.
Kate is a deomestic violence survivor who stayed in an abusive situation for three years. She says leaving isn’t that simple. “Things happen and you try to say it’s not really happening – talk yourself out of it. They come back, and they are very nice. They’ll apologize. Then it happens again. It’s a cycle,” she explains.
Some people stay in abusive situations all of there lives. But, for those who do get the courage to leave, Heather Wagner with the Domestic Violence Division o the State Attorney General’s Office says have a plan in place. “Somebody who leaves in the middle of the night with nothing more than a bag of clouths and their three kids in tow is stistically much less likely to be able to remain out of that situation,’ sais Wagner.
Kate is a deomestic violence survivor who stayed in an abusive situation for three years. She says leaving isn’t that simple. “Things happen and you try to say it’s not really happening – talk yourself out of it. They come back, and they are very nice. They’ll apologize. Then it happens again. It’s a cycle,” she explains.
Some people stay in abusive situations all of there lives. But, for those who do get the courage to leave, Heather Wagner with the Domestic Violence Division o the State Attorney General’s Office says have a plan in place. “Somebody who leaves in the middle of the night with nothing more than a bag of clouths and their three kids in tow is stistically much less likely to be able to remain out of that situation,’ sais Wagner.
October is Domestic Violence Awarness Month.
