Thread by @designmom

It's Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And the first thing I want you to think about is Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) in the NFL.

(No really. It will connect. Keep reading.)

#DVAM #DVAM2019

Did you see how many Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) happen in the NFL each year? 281!

Holy cow. That's awful.

And as shocking as that is, it's WAY worse in the military.

Our soldiers experience 18,000 Traumatic Brain Injuries each year. 18,000!!!

Wanna guess how many women have Traumatic Brain Injuries each year because their violent male partner beat them up?

1,600,000.

That's right: 1,600,000 TBIs for women each year from intimate partner violence (IPV).

forbes.com/sites/nicolefi…

But how many of those 1,600,000 women experience repetitive (meaning MULTIPLE) Traumatic Brain Injuries from Intimate Partner Violence?

All of them. All 1,600,000.

It's weird because I swear there are whole movies about Traumatic Brain Injuries in the NFL, but this article, which came out April 8, 2019 is the first time I had ever heard TBIs mentioned in regards to women.

forbes.com/sites/nicolefi…

This is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Please be aware:

Domestic violence includes physical, verbal, emotional, economic, spiritual, reproductive + sexual abuse committed against a spouse, child, sibling, parents or the elderly.

#DVAM #DVAM2019

Domestic Violence is an epidemic. One that is mostly ignored, with injuries that commonly go untreated.

DV is directed at all sexes and all ages. But the significant (vast?) majority is men abusing women and children.

Please take DV seriously.

ncadv.org/statistics

Have a good, trustworthy source of information about domestic violence? Or a link on how to get help if you're being abused? Please share it.

#DVAM #DVAM2019