Dating Violence In An Abusive Relationship

Abusive relationships can be very unhealthy for an individual to be with especially when the individuals are young teenagers. These days, many teens see abusive behavior as a normal thing they don’t really understand how it can really affect them in the long run. In the year 2014, a girl that has been beaten to death by her boyfriend after suffering years of physical and emotional abuse. The young girl that didn’t seem to be a victim of domestic violence, she was a well loved, confident, and beautiful girl. It took the girl 4 years in being inside that relationship for her to be murdered by her boyfriend. I believe it’s important to teach young people that being in a domestic relationship is a serious reality for people all over the globe
Many people struggle to understand why their partners go from being so loving to someone who wants to hurt them in any kind of way. Partners should be aware and there many signs to pay attention to in a relationship. Common warning signs for dating violence are bad tempers that lead with mood swings can be very serious if you make your partner really upset that can lead to physical abuse. Also, extreme jealousy or when your partner becomes possessiveness as constantly checking your cellphone,social media, emails without your permission. When your significant other invades your personal life it or even when they constantly emotionally put you down to cause harm or pain in any way may be your biggest alert to leave the relationship for your own personal safety and peace. I personally had a family relative that was really close to me that’s been in a domestic relationship by the age of 15. She had been so in love with this 17 year old who did nothing but negative impacts on her. By the age 15 my cousin had gotten pregnant by this man. She didn’t know what to do or who to talk to about her situation that can help her. My cousin shared to me how when she tried to break up with him that he was so upset that he turned physically abusive and put his hands on her. The outcome of that was him punching her in the mouth that he broke off the first top 3 teeth of her mouth. Her mother couldn’t
My cousin was underage at that moment who didn’t work , had no support system, and now currently having a baby by a horrible man. My cousin later showed her scars from where she used to cut her arm wrists and thighs where she had became so angry that later turned into depression where the only way she released sadness was by hurting her own body temple. When her abusive boyfriend found out she was having baby by him he lost all contact with her that first 4 months of her pregnancy. My cousin feared of raising a child by herself at the age of 15 so she started working. Later when she thought everything was falling in place her abusive partner returned back in her life and was not going to leave anytime soon. He made my cousin feel worthless by his negative comments towards her. He would say “ this isn’t even my baby”, “ You look so horrible nobody will ever want you”, and “ your so worthless without me”. She had a high risk pregnancy and she didn’t have it easy due to stress that later put her in the situation to drop out of her freshmen year in highschool. She later lost her job due to her boyfriend not letting her go to work or taking her to work since she didn’t have any type of transportation. On her 7 month in her pregnancy, she