Mamagotcha's journal

One of the biggest reasons that abuse victims don't "just leave" is that the point at which a victim attempts to leave is the point the abuser is the most likely to kill the victim. I was on the sidelines of such a situation about 11-12 years ago, and it was scary as hell. To make it worse, this was a same-sex couple, which often is taken a lot less seriously. The victim did finally leave, though it took about a year from the point he started considering it seriously to the point that the final break occurred.