For those of you who made it out of DV, what did somebody do to help you? Big or small. It could be a comment, just being a listening ear, or straight up helping you move. What stood out, and did you have a particular switch-flipping moment?
For those of you who made it out of DV, what did somebody do to help you? Big or small. It could be a comment, just being a listening ear, or straight up helping you move. What stood out, and did you have a particular switch-flipping moment?
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My dad moved across states and bought a house so my kids and I could live with him.
A friend was willing to help me pack in a rare moment he was away, and take me somewhere I could stay.
The simple thing was a friend just asked pointed if I was alright, and telling me mater of factly that they’d want better for me then what they saw.
No advice, or attacking him, or shaming me just, from what they could see, they’d rather see someone treat me better than that. Of course they didn’t know the half of it, so just that was a lot.
There were bigger things that helped, but I’ll never forget someone just asking me very seriously if I was okay and telling me they didn’t think it was okay.
My sister telling me “You did not do anything wrong”.
For some reason that didn’t even occur to me. I just assumed it was my fault.