Domestic Violence...

notkateanymore

Did anybody have a chance to watch the new DV doc on HBO Monday? We don't have HBO but I want to find a way to see it if somebody says it's worth it. Sounded like it was very good. And sad. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/arts/private-violence-an-hbo-documentary-on-domestic-abuse.html?_r=0

74dragonfly

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notkateanymore

PM back... Just talked with a friend who watched it. She says it's intense. I like that they're getting this issue out there in light of recent events in the NFL, I saw that Law and Order SVU is doing an episode as well with a Ray Rice related character? Sounds silly, but maybe it will help somebody who watches the show? I guess that is the reasoning? Hoda's going to be in the epi played herself! No Kathy Lee though

notkateanymore

I wish more people who have been in the shoes of the abused would become advocates and counselors. I think it's very helpful to talk to somebody who has been there.

notkateanymore

I understand, from personal experience, that it's very hard to want to put yourself out there and be vulnerable again though.

JRT512

So I watched most of this today while C napped, and there was a quote that stood out to me: "leaving an abuser is not an event, it's a process."

notkateanymore

Good point @jrt512

I want to watch it!

JRT512

Private Violence