Stop and watch Amber Heard’s emotional domestic violence PSA

This is difficult to watch, but do it anyway. 

To honor International Elimination of Violence Towards Women Day, Amber Heard recorded an emotional two-minute video detailing her experience in — and path out of — an abusive relationship. 

“There is a lot of shame attached to that label of ‘victim’,” Heard says in the video, which was shot for The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet in partnership with #girlgaze. “If I hadn’t had a few people that I really trust around me, a few women, support, a few friends, if I didn’t have them around me, how different my life would be.”

In May, Heard was granted a restraining order against actor Johnny Depp, her husband at the time. She alleged that Depp rampaged around their shared condo, attacked her with a bottle of wine and hit her in the face with a thrown cellphone, court documents revealed. 

The couple reached a settlement and divorced in August.

If you need help, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233 or TTY 1−800−787−3224.