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If this is happening to you, you are not to blame. You deserve safety, support and choices. You do not have to decide everything today.
In immediate danger?
Contact your local emergency services now, if it is safe to do so. This page cannot provide emergency help.
Violence is not limited to physical injury. It can involve sexual coercion, psychological harm, threats and controlling behaviour by a partner or former partner. You do not need to prove that your experience is “serious enough” before speaking with a specialist service. Read the World Health Organization's 2026 fact sheet.
The WHO estimates that nearly one in three women globally have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a partner or sexual violence from someone else during their lifetime. This is a global population estimate, not a prediction about any individual.
Nobody can tell you the right pace or the right decision for your life. These are simply options other women have found useful — none of them commits you to anything.
Consider talking to someone you trust, or to a specialist service that supports women experiencing violence. You choose how much to share.
If someone might be checking your phone, tablet or computer, consider looking for help from a device they cannot access — a library computer, a friend's phone, a work device.
A safety plan is a private, practical plan for what you would do in different situations. It works best made together with a specialist service — the US National Domestic Violence Hotline offers a guide you can read quietly: create your personal safety plan.
There is no universal instruction to confront someone or leave immediately. A specialist can help you think through what is safer in your situation.
United Kingdom
Free, confidential support, day and night.
0808 2000 247refuge.org.uk — National Domestic Abuse HelplineUnited States
Free, confidential support, 24/7.
800-799-7233thehotline.org — Get helpAnywhere in the world
A directory of domestic violence helplines and services across countries
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Hope does not require you to have a complete plan today. A conversation with a specialist, when it is safe to have one, can help you see choices that are hard to see alone.
Clarityroom is not an emergency service and does not provide counselling or domestic abuse support. This page offers general information only. The organisations linked above provide specialist information and support.