Society & Culture
In most abusive environments, there are usually several enablers who defend the perpetrator. They cover for the toxic individual, make excuses for their behavior, and do absolutely nothing to help the victim or change the situation. I learned this growing up as multiple people excused my mother and her verbal and physical abuse, when they should have been stepping up to protect me. One of my most memorable examples of this came when I was 14-years-old. My mother threw a metal hanger at my face for absolutely no reason. My eye swelled shut after the metal scraped my eyeball. Wanting out of the abusive household, I called 911. As the police were on their way, my mom called my aunt to come and help her. This aunt was someone I grew up admiring and thought was an honest person. She was a church leader, and evangelist and preacher, so this should absolutely be someone who will protect me, right? Wrong. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tomompodcast/message