SHADE - Winnipeg

Podcast 4: The Impacts of Abuse for Women - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waXljJDI6pQ
This episode centres the impact of his abuse on her. Focusing on impacts shifts the focus from ‘What is wrong with her?’ to ‘What happened to her?’ At the top of the list of impacts are FEAR and unpredictability. Too often, fear gets misdiagnosed as a mental health problem such as anxiety or paranoia. We need to be asking, ‘What’s going on at home?’ Service providers need to listen and learn how to name many, many impacts of abuse. There is a connection between domestic violence, mental health, and substance abuse, however, we need to understand that men’s violence precedes mental health and substance abuse. Victim-survivors of woman abuse are incredibly brave!