How violence affects women and children
Some of the effects of abuse for women and children:
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Some of the effects of physical and sexual violence for women and children are:
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Think you're going crazy
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Living in constant fear
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Feeling worthless/useless
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Low self-esteem
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Feeling depressed
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Feeling out of control
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Distorted reality
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Feeling suicidal/committing suicide
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Violent thoughts or actions
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Alcohol and drug abuse
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Mental illness
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Anxiety and worry
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Feeling whakamaa, shame, guilt, or embarrassment
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Withdrawing from family and friends
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Bad relationships between you and your children
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Eating and sleeping problems
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Post traumatic stress disorder
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Loss of energy, feeling apathetic
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Loss of community and culture
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Self-blame and self-harm
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Hurting others that are close
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Copying controlling and violent behaviour
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Permanent disability (blindness, deafness, epilepsy, loss of mobility)
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Hospitalisation for broken bones, concussion, head and spinal injuries, gynaecological problems
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Losing an unborn baby, or birth defects
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Infertility
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Treatment for broken teeth, cuts, headaches, concussion
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Bruises, pain, trauma
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Isolation (staying home so people don't see the bruises; being avoided by others)
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Sexually transmitted diseases
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Unwanted pregnancies
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Sexual promiscuity
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Eating and sleeping disorders
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Hating or being ashamed of your body
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Not being able to have healthy sexual relationships
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As an adult, not being able to enjoy sex
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