Freedom Over Fear: Escaping the Cycle of Abuse

The thing about GBV is that nobody ever thinks it will happen to them. We all hope and expect that relationships will work, and GBV is something that never crosses anyone's mind until it happens, and it feels like a bad nightmare that one always wants to wake up from. Today, more and more marriages have broken because of GBV and have left people both physically and mentally scarred, and for the unlucky ones, dead. But why choose to go through this route if there is always a solution of walking away? No life has to be lost because of a relationship. I know relationships are hard because they involve both the body and the heart, but if we are not able to rationalize every situation, then who are we? Let's learn to walk away from things that destabilize both our physical and mental states. If we walk away, then a life is saved, and more and more people can focus on their well-being and get into relationships that fulfill them. To the women or men who are still in an abusive relationship, all I can say is that only you can be able to get yourselves out of that situation if you finally choose to focus on yourselves, walk away, never look back, and allow yourselves to be free. It doesn't matter whether you walk out with nothing, as long as you have life and are physically fit; anything is possible. It will be hard both mentally and physically, and for some, even financially. People will talk and judge you, but God always puts a support system in place that will be your source of strength. All one can do is focus on the bigger picture. Focus on self-improvement, read books, listen to podcasts for self-improvement, maybe get into learning, and focus on your hobby. It will be lonely, but the peace will be totally worth it. At the end of it, life has to move on. What we must learn as a society is that life is precious and nothing is ever that serious; just walk away.

 # I didn't kill him or her; I didn't need to because nature has a way of equalizing everything.