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If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.For anonymous, confidential help,  24/7, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at  1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or  1-800-787-3224 (TTY).


If you are being abused by your partner, know there is nothing you  have done or are doing to cause the abuse. It is solely the choice of  the abuser to abuse. It may seem impossible to escape your abuser,  change your circumstances, or find the help you need, but it is  possible. However, you know your abuser best, so think carefully through  your situation and circumstances and do what is the best for you.

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an  intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to  more than 10 million women and men.1

  • 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner  physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or  intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness,  post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of  sexually transmitted diseases, etc.2
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    UnspokensecretsBy Penny Wesley