Why victims need support to fight for justice

A lot of times there seem to be endless hassles without any justice in sight. Domestic violence has deep rooted consequences for victims. It could lead to serious social isolation, even from their own family and friends. Victims are mostly left alone (sometimes with children) without a penny in their pockets or a home of their own. They definitely have trust issues and are battered not only physically but also emotionally leading to huge self esteem issues. How is one supposed to "fight it out" without
* any confidence to be able to fight or any sort of confidence in yourself at all
* any finances available to you. The abuser will make sure you don't have savings in your name. All the time you were suffering from DV your professional life also went to bits because you weren't able to perform due to the constant stress and anxiety. So there are little chances of finances coming your way anyways. In case you still have your job consider yourself lucky.
* you don't trust your lawyer. You don't trust the judge. You don't trust that the system can give you justice. Not your family. Not your friends. Not your counselor or your neighbours or the police. And all with very good reason.
* you're so tired. You've been through hell, constantly walking on eggshells for so many years, always on the edge. You and your children have lost your health too because of that.
* you have yourself and your children to take of. You need to start rebuilding your life from scratch again. This time without any sort of support and with your energy, health and finances depleted. It's a herculean task and now you're supposed to leave all of that and fight in the court???
* there's a good chance you're being threatened by your abuser, his family or the cops who were bribed or brainwashed by him
* you've been through a few hearings where you were falsely accused of sleeping with twenty other men, of having rage issues, of being violent towards your children, of abusing and beating your abuser and a lot more. You know it was him doing all of that all the time. He also held you at gunpoint when he did all that.