DV Aware Bears

Campaigning for Coercive Control laws to be implemented in Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK and ROI. #coercivecontrol #NorthernIreland

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@GeorgeAylett Play it

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@mencentric We are so ready. We've been ready for so long. We are READY

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@mencentric Men don't care. It's not in their interest to care. We understand. Now watch us take offence. You ready? We're ready 👍

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@mencentric We're ready

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@herworld5 Write your story. Make people listen. Find that avenue (somehow it's there). Believe it's good, it really is good. Make them listen, make them hear your words. They will, you have them, it's real. They will buy it and pay xxx

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@Victoria_Hudson Their lives funded on misery. How do they sleep?

[Jean Hatchet @JeanHatchet]

Who let Sal loose with the felt tips when she’d been at the Merlot again? https://t.co/0JtYlMtr8h

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@JeanHatchet It's Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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@AmandaFBelfast @CountDeadWomen Men are killing women and unborn babies. I've really had enough. Disgusting men.

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@dymonddavenport Do they not realise the damage? Imagine for one second the irreparable damage. Do it, imagine it, then live it.

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@iRussMartin Adversity can create resilience and I'm living proof. Onwards and upwards but not in a selfish way, for the greater good of others 👍

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@iRussMartin I felt very bullied and abused by Social Workers and I am not a young mother, I'm a mature woman with a wealth of lived experience. Their presence in my life created scars & surving their abuse of me took enormous strength & resilience which many couldn't survive. I'm angry.

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@iRussMartin All too familiar for far too many

[Russ Martin @iRussMartin]

#FridayThoughts 🤔
Evidently, Social Workers bullied a vulnerable mother into a psychotic state and triggered an horrific situation that was totally preventable.
Already under investigation, this team was desperate to evade further scrutiny at any cost. 🙈🙉🙊#injustice

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@CCCBuryStEd @Boo98873145 These personality types do not change. Why are people not recognising this reality? The issues are way too complex and a quick fix course of action will not work. Deep psychological problems require years of therapy and the will to change. They rarely have either.

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@Victoria_Hudson I'm sick of Social Workers lying to suit their agendas. We're outing this abuse of power and control. Record, record, record and if possible with a solicitor present, especially in important meetings. Also in your own homes. Record and document EVERYTHING. Cover your backs. 👍

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@Boo98873145 It's similar in Northern Ireland. We have Women's Aid here but that's about it. They have limited funds too & not specialist counselling. Neither does the NHS unless you're suicidal, even then I believe they're incredibly overstretched. DV recovery is long for most unfortunately

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@Dontlookback198 My body clock adjusts with the seasons, which is why it's hard to get up in the winter when it's still dark. A 'rising dawn' alarm clock is still on my wish list.

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@Boo98873145 It's definitely a roller-coaster ride of throwing in the towell, submitting to defeat, scraping through and moving on. To absolutely, No Way Never, this just isn't right, I am not defeated, I will conquer this injustice. Plus everything in between. I feel ALL that and frequently

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@Boo98873145 Imagine being in your 20' or 30's or younger but still a great mum, but abused? I feel for those mums who this system abuses. I will stand up for them with every bone in my body to make this horrific experience more just. I'm not giving up 👍

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@Boo98873145 I just had that very discussion too. I'm 50, It has tested me and felt truly horrific and beyond my limits at times. I completely feel for anyone and everyone who experiences this without the backbone and resilience that I have grown. I sadly think the odds are against them