The Mental Health Scapegoat Pandemic

The real crisis behind male violence against women.

Kim Petersen
The Karma Vamp
Published in
7 min readOct 4, 2024

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“The drama of life is a psychological one, and the whole of it is written and produced by your assumptions.” — Neville Goddard.

Her bags were packed. She was ready to leave.

She took the steps to make a change in her life.

July 21st, 2022, was supposed to be the day Sania Khan escaped Chicago. It was a new beginning. A life free from the man who had brought so much pain. But instead of walking into her future, Sania was returned to Tennessee — silent, in a casket. Her estranged husband gunned her down before later turning the gun on himself.

It was just another murder-suicide.

Just another woman who’d been a victim of domestic violence. Who’d fallen in love, offered her heart, and trusted him to honor that precious gift. Who questioned herself when finally taking a stand. She endured anxiety, sleepless nights, and feelings of failure because the man she loved violated her to the point of losing her sense of self-worth until she no longer recognized herself.

Yes. Sania’s experience became another stat in a long list of instances of male violence against women…

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Kim Petersen
Kim Petersen

Written by Kim Petersen

Award-winning & Bestselling Author | HH Prac. (Hol.Meta.Heal) | Writing About Soul. Love. Humor. Spirituality. Life. Relationships | https://kimpetersen.com.au/

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