Protective Parents Michigan

Protective parents advocating for family court reform in Michigan. #KaydensLaw #RowansAct #coercivecontrol #familycourtawarenessmonth

[Rep. Stephanie A. Young for the 16th District @RepStephYoung]

Here are the early voting locations in the City of Detroit. Please know that early voting is underway until Sun., Nov. 1st. They are open from 9-5
If you have an absentee ballot, the SOS says its too late to mail it, so you can deposit it in a drop box.

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

Many survivors never see a bruise, but still lose their freedom, voice, and identity. That too is abuse.
#DomesticAbuseAwareness

[Gabby Petito Foundation @gabbsfoundation]

🕊️ Five years ago, we lost Gabby, a daughter, sister, friend, and light whose impact continues to shine. Five years without you. Forever loving you. Forever saying your name. Forever turning love into purpose. 🤍🦋 Be kind. Live fully. Carry her light forward. #TogetherWeCan 💜

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

"Why on earth did you marry him if he was abusive?"
 I've heard that a lot. 
 No one is attracted to an abuser. It always starts with a manipulative act of charm, care, kindness, generosity, and/or thoughtfulness to secure your trust and commitment. And when they have you right where they want you - isolated, dependent, and wholly invested in the relationship, they start to drop the facade, one tiny, unnoticeable drop at a time.
 #DomesticAbuseAwareness

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

Abusers may misuse religious beliefs to justify their actions, twisting teachings to assert dominance and control, such as citing scripture about partner submission. This manipulation can stop you from seeking help due to fear of spiritual or community repercussions. #ReligiousAbuse

[Natalie Page @NataliePage]

The family court doesn’t just fail mothers and children.
When the system uses its own rules to punish women for protecting, to force unsafe contact, and to silence truth, it stops being a court of law, and becomes something far more dangerous. The System Is The Weapon: https://t.co/fX4MLiTn5h

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

It is imperative that people realise the gameplay.

If suffering, trauma, oppression and abuse is all in our minds - no one has to address or apprehend perpetrators or toxic social systems or cultures.

If everyone is suffering from an incurable ‘mental disorder’ that can only be ‘managed’ with medications - there is immense profit to be made each year (hundreds of billions of dollars).

If everyone is suffering from ‘mental health issues’ but no one ever develops blood tests, brain scans, genetic tests or any other form of biomarker-based objective tests - all diagnosis can remain completely subjective and based on the opinion of just one person. You therefore cannot prove or disprove that you are ‘sane’ - and the system can use a diagnosis against you without any way to prove it is wrong.

If victims of all forms of trauma and violence can be convinced that their problems are inside their minds, they don’t rise up or demand any justice.

Psychiatry is not a helping profession, it’s a very old form of oppression that began by targeting, torturing, abusing and imprisoning marginalised groups of people. Psychiatry at its core is inherently racist, homophobic and misogynistic - hence why being Black/Indigenous was a mental disorder, being gay was a mental disorder and being a woman was a mental disorder. Learning the history of psychology and psychiatry is absolutely vital to understand why now, 100 years later, we slap labels on everyone and hand them a box of pills - but never address or validate the trauma and stress they are going through.

You are NOT going crazy. Your responses and coping mechanisms are there for a reason - no matter how much they do your head in. Humans do not develop behavioural or emotional responses for no reason. They always have a root somewhere.

This is why I am an anti-pathology psychologist, and this is why I work, teach, lecture, and write in the way I do. Telling people who are suffering that they are ‘mentally ill’ is peak gaslighting and our entire approach to mental health is wrong.

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

Coercive control doesn’t start with violence—it starts with erosion. Of confidence. Of identity. Of worth.
#PsychologicalAbuse #CoerciveControl

[Protective Parents Michigan @ProParents_Mich]

Michiganders, help stop House bills 5211-5213 supporting a presumption of 50/50 custody. This is not in the best interest of the children or abuse survivors.
https://t.co/TmLiZzHGlT

[Ryan Daigler - Exposing Narcissistic Abuse 🚩🚩 @Ryan_Daigler]

Narcissistic abuse survivors are often accused of “living in the past.” What’s actually happening is something more precise: they are living in an unresolved logic problem. The abuse created a set of propositions that contradict each other—people who claimed to love them treated them with contempt; their accurate perceptions were called delusions; their pain was reframed as manipulation. The mind cannot simply move on from contradiction. It circles back because it’s trying to resolve something that was structurally designed to be irresolvable. The gaslighting wasn’t incidental to the abuse. It was the abuse. And healing isn’t a matter of “letting go.” It’s a matter of finally being allowed to trust your own conclusions.

[Kyra’s Champions @KyrasChampions]

THANK YOU @AM_AndrewHevesi and @JamesSkoufis for your incredible leadership, tenacity and dedication that lead to the bill passing in BOTH the NYS Senate and Assembly UNANIMOUSLY!💙 @GovKathyHochul - NY kids need your leadership and ask you sign this into law. ⚖️ #KyrasLaw

[Natalie Page @NataliePage]

It's about time victims stopped going from the frying pan into the fire upon ending an abusive relationship.
Systems should help rather than hinder them reclaiming their lives.

The System Is The Weapon https://t.co/apecXDvRZm

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

When I first confided in a friend about my ex’s abuse, they responded, “But we don’t want to pick sides, he’s always been so nice to us.”

Remaining neutral in the face of abuse is taking a side.

• It validates the abuser’s behavior.

• It diminishes the victim’s pain.

• It signals disbelief in the victim's experience.

• It enables the abuser to continue.

Neutrality reinforces the abuser’s facade, leaving the survivor feeling isolated and unsupported.

Standing with the survivor is about doing what’s right, not about choosing sides.

#DomesticAbuseAwareness

[A @dollyhartz]

Women that kill abusive men in self defense spend more time in prison than abusive men that kill their female partners https://t.co/EWxWLt0Zwy

[SHERA Research Group: Health Law Rights Support © @SheraFamily]

Terrorism is framed as a public threat, while coercive control (CC) & domestic abuse/violence are treated as private issues. But ALL terrorism is underpinned by CC - domination and intimidation. As @nazirafzal rightly pointed out, we must act now. https://t.co/tU0i39LYSu

[Protective Parents Michigan @ProParents_Mich]

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[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

Coercive control isn’t always visible—it can hide in subtle manipulations, dismissals, and the gradual erosion of your autonomy, leaving survivors feeling like their voice and choices no longer matter. Decisions about finances, health, or daily life are often made without consent, and the constant fear of punishment or conflict teaches victims to suppress their needs and opinions. Even after leaving, the weight of those lost choices lingers, shaping how survivors approach decisions and reclaiming their sense of agency becomes a central part of healing.

#SurvivorRecovery

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[Karen Walker @Beaverhousen_]

This is nowhere near the same level of the depraved “academy,” but it’s about damn time we name fucking names. If you are a survivor, go to “https://t.co/zroTLXtakR” then take a breath & know you’re a beautiful badass.