🤰 Marcia left her husband after an assault: a sad event that affected her health.
02:55😢 The miscarriages, gaining weight, elevated blood pressure: massive blood loss and emergency D&C.
05:43😮 Marcia’s huge fibroids were treated with a new procedure: a uterine embolization cuts the blood supply to fibroids.
08:34⚠️ Victims of domestic violence in some states have to ‘dig’ to find a social worker while in other states, they come in immediately with the police.
12:04🛣️ The recovery process for a single mom of five: the waiting list for counseling was huge and dealing with the system and schooling.
12:55⚡ Huge gaps in victim services: Marcia went through training herself to help her kids and later opened a consultant agency.
14:35👉 Being an intermediary in cases and helping victims take back their voices: why do women go back to their abuser?
16:35🎯 After experiencing trauma, there are a lot of residual effects on your psychology and your neurobiology: learning coping mechanisms.
18:37👩⚕️ Heart issues, autoimmune disorders, and cancer risks increase after experiencing trauma.
19:35✅ Why men are more confident to leave abusive relationships.
24:01🌸 Issues with waiting lists in emergency housing: building coping mechanisms and resilience is very important when you can’t leave.
25:00🎅 List of Marcia’s healthy coping mechanisms and some tricks we all can benefit from.
26:27‼️ Kids need coping mechanisms too: family traditions can help in building happy memories so much.
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