DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAUMA & RECOVERY Tonier Cain P.O. Box 175 Arnold, MD 21012 ca4toni@aol.com
BECAUSE HE LOVES HER WHY ARE YOU CRYING? He just loves me too much!
Age:6 I believed verbal and physical abuse was love. I watched my father beat my mother everyday . She’s at the hospital again. He’s gone? Why? He loves her!
She found love… Her new boyfriend beats her, he loves her. If It’s love why does she scream and cry? She’s gone to the hospital again. He’s gone, why? He loves her!
Trauma felt at 9 years old. Verbal and physical abuse from mother Molestation Left to care for siblings Started drinking alcohol
TERRIFIED ELEVEN Removed from mother Placed in foster care Dysfunctional family
HOPELESS FOURTEEN She loves me, she wants me back. How do I live without her. Attempted suicide
19 years old and beyond Drug addiction Introduction to Criminal Justice System Mental Institutions
MARRIED CHILD He beats me, does he love me? She moved in with my little sisters. Abuse from him and her.
RETRAUMATIZED Arresting Officers Correctional Officers Drug Addiction Counselors Seclusion and Restraints Over-medicated Hospitals State Agencies
After Trauma Treatment Drug and alcohol free Secure attachment with daughter Medication free Advocate Board Member Council member Homeowner and more
What if…………… At age 9 someone recognized my trauma I embraced trauma treatment then School employees, hospitals, state agencies, rehabs., arresting officers were all trained in trauma
Isn’t it possible that the results could’ve been this………. This child, to this woman, to this mother without the destruction A THOUGHT, HUH?