| One of the most heartrending situations you can | | | | Sometimes, it doesn't even have to be violent. |
| ever be faced with is to have a loved one in a | | | | Sometimes you might see a loved one in a verbally |
| dangerous situation that you can't rescue them from. | | | | abusive relationship, and this can be equally |
| It can really come close to tearing you apart, to | | | | psychologically damaging to them. It's never easy to |
| making you feel that you are literally losing your mind. | | | | watch someone you love be degraded in front of |
| This can come in the form of having military | | | | you, just as it's not easy to be the person being |
| personnel in your friends and family circle that are far | | | | degraded. |
| away in a dangerous war zone. It can come as | | | | The question on the minds of many friends and |
| having someone that you care about deeply being | | | | family members of those trapped in abusive |
| stricken with a serious, even terminal, illness that the | | | | relationship is - why would their loved one stay in the |
| doctors are at a loss as to what course of action to | | | | relationship? It would be great if there were a simple |
| pursue. It can present itself in the form of someone | | | | answer to that question. Sadly, there is not. |
| in your life being struck with crippling depression that | | | | Sometimes it has to do with finances, the person has |
| they can't seem to pull themselves out of, and | | | | no independent job skills and does not feel confident |
| there's little that someone on the outside can do | | | | in their ability to earn a living wage on their own. |
| about that. | | | | Sometimes it has to do with their children, they don't |
| It can also come in the form of someone in your life | | | | want to leave the relationship for fear of retaliation |
| being trapped in an abusive relationship. This is equally | | | | against their children or because the abuser is actually |
| insidious. The people who love someone who is in an | | | | good to the children directly, and so the victim feels |
| abusive relationship are at a complete and total loss | | | | this is better for the children than having no father at |
| to help them. Aside from simply letting them know | | | | all. Sometimes it's as simple as fear, as the abuser |
| that they are there for them should they ever seek | | | | has staged a long term psychological campaign of |
| help, there is little anyone on the outside can do for | | | | terror against the victim, convincing them that they |
| the person in the violent relationship. They are | | | | will never let the victim live if they leave the |
| helpless and powerless. | | | | relationship. |