Narrative control is a core tactic in coercive abuse. It’s how abusers discredit victims, rewrite history, and make themselves look like the victim.
#NarrativeControl#GaslightingAwareness
This is important because it shows how people in power get away with bad behavior for years.
The public needs to know so institutions are held accountable, political parties stop hiding the truth, and all other survivors feel safe enough to finally speak out.
Abusers wear masks. To the outside world, they seem charming and generous. Behind closed doors, they’re a different person entirely.
#HiddenAbuse#DomesticAbuseAwareness
We sometimes hear that perpetrators abuse because of their own trauma, but the evidence says otherwise - abusers know exactly what they’re doing.
https://t.co/KL8406a4KG
🩷I want to say a huge thank you to two remarkable young boys, AJ and Alfie, who found £30 during the Foyle Maritime Festival
Instead of keeping it, they made the decision to donate it to my charity @hivecancerderry 🐝
It’s little gestures like these that mean so much to me 👏
FYI.
Jeffrey Donaldson and I are roughly the same age.
He has been the target of salacious gossip/rumour/jokes by journalists/politicians for virtually my entire career.
And his.
Any journalist/rep who says they didn’t hear it - what’s the best way to put this? - surprises me.