Domestic Violence Effects 
Violence produces profound trauma which affects all aspects of life, personality and relationships. Women find strategies to defend themselves from the pain, which appear to be effective in the short term, but which afterwards can become real hardships.
Survivors may attempt to calm their anxieties and worries by using alcohol, or drugs, but over time this can reduce their capacity to cope with the situation.
The following frequently occur:
- Apathy
- Difficulties with attention and concentration
- Emotional instability
- Anxiety abuse of alcohol
- Fear and lack of faith in others
- Difficulties with sexuality
Over time, if no adequate support is received, more structural consequences and disturbances can develop, such as:
- Panic attacks
- Phobias
- Eating problems
- Sleep disturbances (nightmares, recurrent dreams)
- Psychosomatic disturbances
- Substance-dependency (alcohol, drugs, psychotropic drugs)
- Self Harm