Experts highlight lessons to learn from Tina Turner's inspiring life

Updated On: 05 June, 2023 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Sammohinee Ghosh

With iconic artiste Tina Turner’s recent passing, two experts motivate us to take lessons from her tumultuous but inspiring life

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Tina Turner performs at Brighton Centre, UK in 1985. Pic Courtesy/Getty Images

Look for the light

If you’ve known the icon only as a stunning performer, it can be hard to come to terms with their long history of abuse. Tina Turner, born Annie Mae Bullock, was renamed Tina by Ike Turner — her manager, band partner and first husband. As a toddler, she was abandoned by her parents. But the trail of abuse continued in the form of a 16-year-long marriage (1962 to 1978) — where she was tortured, humiliated and financially exploited. The singer stayed back in the fear of not being able to support her children as a single mother. But the situation was intensified by the fact that the Ike-Tina duo was chart-topping album lists during the time. Breaking up with her husband could leave her penniless and also without the promise of work. Turner eventually walked out of the marriage and the music partnership, too.

>> Life and victory coach Farzana Suri says that abuse can take many forms in a relationship. It can be physical, emotional, sexual or financial. But individuals often tend to stick around in the relationship because they believe that they have no choice. The perpetrator instills a sense of fear (as was in Tina’s case) which prompts them to think that if they try to leave, they might face graver consequences. The perpetrator also isolates a victim from their friends and family, making the latter over-dependent on them. Also, the abuser maintains a charming personality in social circles, which makes it difficult for the survivor to communicate their suffering without inviting doubt and censure upon themselves. Suri notes that one finds the courage to walk away from an exploitative scenario only when they are in the right mindset, which happens when they begin to work on themselves. One also needs to give words to their experience to objectively understand the magnitude of wrong.

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