Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences.

Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, suicide, and murder.

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for listening. According to California state domestic violence laws, abuse is defined as

physically hurting or trying to hurt someone, intentionally or recklessly, sexual assault,

making someone reasonably afraid that they or someone else are about to be

seriously hurt, or behavior like harassing, stalking, threatening, or hitting someone,

disturbing someone's peace, or destroying someone's personal property.

Other examples of interpersonal violence are described as kicking, shoving, pushing,

pulling hair, throwing things, scaring, or following you, or keeping you from freely coming or going.

It can even include physical abuse of family pets. A domestic violence restraining order,

or DVRO, is defined in California as a court order that helps protect people from abuse or threats of abuse from someone they have a close relationship with.

If you're a parent and your child is being abused, you can also file a restraining order on behalf of your children to protect them. If your child is 12 or older, they can file a restraining order on behalf of your children to protect them.

If your child is 12 or older, they can file a restraining order of their own.

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports 1 in 3 women and 1 in 10 men

have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.

On average, United States domestic violence

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