Family violence & Covid lockdown with 3 high needs/disabled kids at home

[Racheey]

I’m feeling very sad. I made Hubby leave and called the police the other day as he was violent for like the millionth time. I promised my son no more & have been coping ok. Tonight though I can’t sleep & I was overwhelmed with sudden extreme sadness & I miss my husband

[Sophie_M]

Dear Racheey,

We’re so grateful to have you reach out to our community this morning and are so sorry to hear everything you have going on at the moment. Times like this can definitely get overwhelming . We hope that you find our forums to be a safe and supportive space to talk through your thoughts and feelings. Our community is here for you. We hope you know that there is always help available to you, whether it's from our professional mental health counsellors Beyond Blue (available 24/7/365 on 1300 22 4636) or our friends at Lifeline (13 11 14) or the Suicide Call Back Service (1300 659 467). I recommened you call 1800 RESPECT ( 1800 737 732) 24 hour service specialised in DV and is a good support service for individual impaced by any forms of abuse.

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi Racheey,

Welcome to the forums. I'm so glad that you reached out to us.

Lockdown is hard enough to cope with, and to hear that your husband was violent again makes things sound so much harder.

I'm glad that you were able to say 'no more' to your son even though you miss your husband too. Both of these things are okay; to miss him and to not want him to be violent too.

1800RESPECT is a great resource- they also have a webchat live which I've used before. In Victoria there's also Hello Cass, which is a text based service that can link you to resources. I'll link to Hello Cass here- https://hellocass.com.au/

Please take care of yourself if you decide to reach out including online safety if that's a risk for you too.

Let us know how we can be here for you during this time,

rt

[white knight]

Hi, welcome

I'm so sorry you've been subjected to this violence.

We can be in live or live our spouse but with violence there is no second chances. He can plead that he won't do it anymore but he likely will.

Onward and upward not all men are the same.

Keep in touch

TonyWK