What do you do when your parents are physically hurting you?
My girl friend called me scared for her life to day after her parent(s) strangled her. She is 19 years old and cannot support her self on her own. Im not sure what she can do or anything I can do to help her.
Any and all advice would be extremely appreciated. Please Help.
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This is an old post but ima post for the benefit of anyone else that may need it...
First to do is leave immediately. go where? neighbor, quik trip, whatever, but get away from the danger. "but what if they follow" can't worry about that. Stimulus, response. Fight or flight, get out.
2nd thing is call the police asafp.
3rd thing if you can stay put, do it. If you're uncertain about the situation there, then go somewhere else.
An adult who has been assaulted should consider calling the police. If for some reason that is not possible they should consider getting in touch with a local domestic violence helpline.
A young adult who has been assaulted in a house where there are other younger children who are also at risk of violence should strongly consider calling either the police; or the child protection services; or a local domestic violence service.
No person should have to put up with that kind of violence.
Have your friend move out! As soon as possible. But that is only the first step, and you have to make sure it works - so prepare before acting:
It sounds like that situation is in fact life-threatening, and that calls for serious action. The first step would be to get out harm's way immediately, and that in itself isn't as easy as just getting up and walking out the door because the parents are likely to "hunt" their daughter outside the home, so a lot of additional steps and external help needs to be tied into this first step.
I am not skilled in handling such situations, but there are shelters and hotlines that can assist. Perhaps it's better to prepare in silence, to research, to talk to services -- and only openly act once you're reasonably sure that the action will save the girl. I could imagine that a "failed attempt" might make the situation a lot worse.
As her friend, you could contact such services and get some anonymous advice. At the very least, it would help you to cope with the burden of "knowing but not being able to act".
Try to look for shelters in your community that caters this problem. Your friend should also be willing to leave her family as soon as possible, and call the police for protection. You can help by giving her recommendations on what to do, your friend will be the one to decide on what she can do to stop the abuse.
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