Domestic Violence Victim True Story - Mary now feels safe and grateful for having caring people around her.
Mary first contact GLM to get domestic abuse support in March 2021. Mary is a 32-year-old woman who is currently pregnant. Mary suffered both physical and emotional abuse from her husband.
She has disclosed the abuse to her family who were able to support her, and Mary is currently living with her family. She has left the relationship and wants to seek a divorce. She has been getting support from our domestic abuse support worker. Mary is feeling very emotional and worries about what will happen once her baby is born.
Our support worker has signposted Mary to internal and external support services. But Mary has struggled engaging with some of the services due to feeling exhausted from sharing her story multiple times to different individuals.
We have supported Mary in accessing her own finances through universal credits and trying to support Mary on focusing on the present moment. Our support worker has given Mary emotional support and encouraged her to focus on the pregnancy and delivery.
Through the weekly telephone calls from our domestic abuse service, Mary now has access to her own finances and knows what to apply for once her baby is born. Mary has also spoken to her midwife about her birth plan and is feeling excited to plan for her baby’s birth.
She still has days where she feels sad, but she is managing her mood and speaking to her midwife, mother, and domestic abuse worker regularly. Mary said she is feeling safe and she feels grateful for having caring people around her.
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