Lead a life free from violence

by time news

2023-07-20 17:43:54

María Sol Peñaherrera, a clinical psychologist, said that the culture of violence is learned by parents, grandparents in a family environment, for this reason this type of problem has been normalized, and in fact, self-inflicted violence, that is, it is violence exercised towards the person himself, in the words of Peñaherrera “saying things that affect us psychologically.”

Situation. Lead a life free of violence, the most common violence at the national level is domestic or family violence “unfortunately we are in a macho culture, in which the stereotypes of machismo have been taking root with force. In such a way, that we normalize the culture of violence that we perceive and many think that they are not suffering this type of domestic violence because the husband or wife does not physically assault them, but they forget about psychological violence”. he indicated.

Sepal. According to the mental health professional, this type of violence generates traumas that in the short and long term have consequences and also probably have to be endured for a lifetime. “In fact, psychological violence becomes imperceptible to the victim”, therefore, the victim begins to have various problems that affect her daily life, as well as in other instances: work, eating problems, insomnia, social relationships.

According to Peñaherrera, there are various types of physical, psychological, sexual, economic, patrimonial and political violence, self-inflicted.
Interest. For this reason, he recommended that in these situations it is to seek help or be helped to break the circle of violence in which he finds himself, also, that through therapy makes the person rationalize and identify that this is violence and can follow a protocol of support and follow-up of his case so that he can continue with his life after treatment.

Commitment. According to Peñaherrera, currently men also suffer violence, however, women have the highest rate, and children due to the behavior learned by grandparents, parents who learn from generation to generation are learning directly and indirectly.

Given. On the other hand, she noted that today one can speak with a little more freedom and give due importance to mental health, therefore, prevention campaigns are managed among other activities to be able to eradicate gender violence in a certain way, in the words of the professional “it is just beginning or trying to break the patterns.”

Important.“Whoever loves you does not attack you (…) every problem has a solution, so you have to seek help” concluded the professional, who considers it essential to create alliances through support channels. on the other hand, it is necessary that from the academy they are instructed on this subject from an early age.

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