What I love the most about this video is that it doesn't seem totally scripted. You can see him struggle in some parts to properly voice his thoughts. Patrick Stewart, I applaud you.

I cannot put into words how much I love this man ❤

Aishwarya Rai is my favourite actress and she played a character in 2006 in a movie called Provoked. It's about a Punjabi woman who was abused by her husband. Sexually, physically and psychologically. Eventually, she went into his room and set him on fire. He was fatally injured from the experience and died sometime later in the hospital. Her name was Kiranjit Ahluwalia and she faced a decade of serious abuse from her husband in London. His name was Deepak Ahluwalia. They indicted her for "murdering" him and were going to sentence her to a long time in prison, maybe even life without parole. But her helpers reduced the sentence to manslaughter and she only did three years in prison. It's a good movie and it depicts Aishwarya Rai's TRUE performance skills. Kiranjeet didn't even have a bad time in the prison where she was sentenced to. She had friends there, mostly. Great film.

My parents used to fight verbally and physically. It was a relief when my father would take off for a time and I dreaded when he came back. It doesn't matter if the parents don't beat the kids because the mental abuse is there.

Can I possibly respect this man more?

i wanted 2 cry myself. that was very bold and humbling of Mr. Stewart. Thank you sir, for starting up awareness for an epidemic worldwide!! I commend you Mr. Stewart as a life-long single man, I need to know the importance of treating a lady as an equal and not as a toy. I've never dated, kissed or married, but I've learned more than loved. Thank you, Mr. Patrick Stewart.

I really respect him for talking about this in this way. It is rare that you hear from someone in the public eye who can speak so candidly about a subject that many people find hard to discuss.

Thank God tht Patrick Stewart is speaking out against domestic violence. This is wonderful to see! Patrick Stewart, Thank you, hon, for doing this for Amnesty International and for everyone.

This is one of the most courageous actions a human person can do. I loved this man as the capt'n of the Enterprise, now I admire and have the highest respect for him as a wonderful human being. Thank you for this testimony, may it be heard in Spain where there is a severe problem of domestic violence.

You can tell this issue hits real damned close to home with him, demonstrated by his real candidness and difficulty discussing the issue. Takes balls to discuss something like that and present it when your personally involved in it like he is. Kudos to Patrick.

Thank you to Mr Stewart for sharing. This gives me hope. Having gone through this and emotional and verbal abuse.

Patrick Stewart... few can bring a message across so eloquently and powerfully as he can.

Absolutely moving...thank you Sir Stewart for baring your past for our (and the world's) benefit. I am pleased to state that my father, who was 'that man' that everyone knew about in the neighbourhood, has finally learned to bridle his anger and his hands. It can be done!

Thank you for your kind words. I am doing fine and continue to find my peace by helping others who are in turmoil without direction and means of change and exit from harm. I have rescued my children from an abusive mother, where alcohol played a major role in her ill ways. With tremendous difficulty, going against the powerful tides of discrimination against men, I succeeded in having primary care and custody of my children. A feat, that is very uncommon for fathers, who are usually destroyed!

This is a very brave thing Patrick Stewart has done here. It must be an incredibly difficult thing to share these painful memories with the public. He has put his personal feelings aside in order to help with this cause. Well done.

Patrick Stewart is the only person on which KZfaq's "transcribe audio" function works. That's how perfect his voice is!

Before seeing this, I already respected Patrick Stewart greatly as an actor; now I also respect him greatly as a person. What an extraordinary man.

Sir Patrick Stewart is my hero.

Patrick Stewart is an awesome human being.

Patrick Stewart, Thank you for helping in this cause against domestic violence. It is very appreciated.

Very courageous of him to disclose his personal experience with DV in his own childhood. The pain can be read clearly that he suffered and his Mum suffered. Wow. Happy birthday, Patrick, and thank you!

wow i hve alot of respect this guy. it takes guts to put yourself out there and let possibly millions of viewers watch you expose a troubling event like that. he is a great person for using his experiences to inspire others. if patrick stewart ran for president he would have my vote.

Thank you captain. Thank you. Live long and prosper.

What a beautiful man. I am a survivor of domestic violence. Most people don't get it and actually accuse the female of "you must've liked it or you wouldn't have stayed". They don't understand the threats that are made upon these women and don't understand the fear that is instilled upon them. My ex threatened to take away my little boy and actually did try. Before you divorce, if there is no custody agreement, so if he'd have taken him, it would've been ok according to law. We're ok now.

He is speaking from his very personal experience and I thank him for that. Thank you for sharing this important message.

Thank you for you words on this matter Captain Picard

This is a wonderful spot! It is great to see someone talk honesty about domestic violence. Now, if Patrick Stewart and his friends would be honest about AIDS and other STDS and if stars would actually come out of the closet, then programs would be more effective because the public would actually believe the supporters, as in this ad. Keep up the great work. This is why people respect Stewart so much.

An outstanding commentary on domestic violence.

Domestic violence needs to be eradicated! I grew up in a similar situation to Mr. Stewart so I can see where he's coming from and this needs to stop. I agree that governments need to step up in the same way as they do for anti drug, anti smoking, and anti child abuse campaigns but we also need to increase awareness and educate everyone that this behavior is unacceptable and that by doing nothing is the same as condoning it.

Wow. I had no idea. This must have been very hard for him to discuss, but I appreciate the time he took to help support this issue and explain his personal experiences.

Wow it takes guts to open up like that and I am thankful for him taking the time and energy to do so. Hopefully we can break the cycle in more homes.

Patrick Stewart, you're truly a courageous, honorable individual, and because of this, you're a terrific humanitarian, too.

Your strength will show your children the way, may they have your courage in the face on danger. I am sorry to hear of your wife, i hope she is healing as are your children. I would be (I am) proud of you.

Oh Jesus Christ. This guy made me cry. I absolutely love him! Go Patrick Stewart, go!

thank you.

Patrick Stewart is the best PERIOD.

Very impressive video here... Patrick Stewart is a good and sympathic actor at all. But what he does here is more than wonderful. He's not just talking, he's talking about very private things and that can be very hard. It deserves respect! So don't fight women! Let's fight violence against women and - at all - against people.

I don't think he's trying to say that only violence against women exists and others are impacted or affected, but he grew up with violence against his mom and that is what he can speak to intelligently. That is what he wants to solve because that's what destroyed his life. I guarantee if you asked him, he would say all domestic violence should be obliterated.

on point ! everyone in the family 'unit' suffers. i still have post tramatic stress. my mother has past away never able to get potection. thank you mr. stewart for speaking out.

Wonderful and sensitve man! I am so sorry that he had to endure such sad things.

Ditto. This is very shocking and wonderfully open of Patrick Stewart. I would have never guessed. Thanks for uploading this.

I witnessed many instances of wife beating as a child and adolescent. My parents were alcoholics and used to fight regularly. I personally had to wrestle kitchen knives, fireplace pokers, and on one occasion a gun away from my mother. My father just used his fists. My mother was beaten so long and severly that she developed trauma induced glaucoma in both eyes. I was an only child and never knew when my parents would come home drunk and begin fighting. Thank you Mr. Stewart, for your commitment.

People shouldn't assume provocation, but provocation does certainly occur, because my mother would do it on purpose. She would antagonize my father with him telling her for several minutes that she's going to provoke him to lose his temper and hit her. She would do it on purpose so she could tell everyone that he hit her and turn everyone against him. Of course it would be absurd if I were suggesting that he shouldn't have just left the house instead.

Good to see Patrick sticking up for others as he so often does. Great man. Horrible Fact of life. Stop domestic abuse, both physical and mental.

We must do more than only hope. We must MAKE the future we want. We are the ones we have been waiting for.

remember it is not only men that commit demestic violence alough they share the brunt but men also suffer in silence if you read this you are not alone seek help it is not some thing you have done bravo to mr stuart for openening his heart to this issue many would shy away thank you for highlighting a serious issue

Great message, we should play this 24/7 over the middle east.

what a amazing man to stand up and talk about his childhood like he did it is hard to talk about this. I praise this man for saying about this and god bless his heart. what a good actor and a good man.

It takes courage to share these memories with the public. Thanks Jean-Luc. ..I mean Patrick

I know how he feels. My father was very short tempered and he bullied my mum a lot. When i was in my teens he needed to find an excuse to cause an argument with her, so he'd use me as the tool. Then one day i just couldn't take seeing him bully her any more so i ran away from home hoping that it would make him leave her alone, remove the cause of the argument, remove the argument. Sadly it didn't work and he found other ways. She died of cancer last year and i am mentally scarred forever.

I appreciate the video and your honesty. I have read some of the macho comments on this page. I went through a bad relationship in North Hollywood, Cali in 2000. I had to go to the hospital. I filed restraining orders. He continued to stalk me and I eventually moved to Austin, Texas. The comments made by the macho men sounds like the response from my ex. The day the police showed up he was on the porch like nothing happened. I do have a form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the event.

Well said.

Patrick Stewart, a legend of our time

Wow. this man is a respected actor you never thought he experianced abuse. I experianced abuse as a kid myself. Its the gift that keeps on giving.

I want to give him a hug right now. This must have taken a great deal of courage.

Cpt. Piccard, you piloted a starship into my heart.

Thank you having the courage to say something, you story is tragic but by no means unique. Domestic violence is the one thing that transcends borders and race and colour and creed. I hope you have found your peace. You are in my thoughts.

No matter who you are violence and manipulation should not be forced upon another person. There are weak men and weak woman in this world. There are very strong men and very strong woman in this world. It is my hope that good should prevail because those who do nothing about it are just as bad as the ones who commit the violence. Ignorance is bless, but what is so blissful about staying idle in the face of violence and discrimination. To truly love humanity one has to truly love oneself.

Thank you, Mr. Stewart for sharing. The truth shall set us free. Thanks to HumanTV for posting. I always said, "..And since is wife beating a purely private matter. Sorry, a marriage license is not a license to brutalize." Peace, All...

Wow. Just wow. My already enormous respect for this man just shot up through the roof and into orbit.

Patrick very much alive and kicking.

Him and Tom Baker... They've both got voices you immediately recognize and want to listen to. ^ ^ I love when those with good voices are also superb speakers and can form coherent sentences and arguments.

"A man of quality is not threatened by a woman seeking equality equality." The world would be a far better place if more people followed Patrick's example.

The situation is blown out of proportion. A small percentage use serious violence on a regular basis. Also there are levels of violence. The same with women, 1/5 is a huge number too. Violence from women is more often emotional abuse than physical. Like my above post, emotional abuse can potentially provoke physical violence. Your teacher is just passing on information from the government and you'll find that the goverment often exaggerates the truth. Another factor is stress.

In an introspective, vulnerable and brutally honest monologue like this, I can't help but wonder; in all these speeches he's made in the course of Star Trek, how much of his preformance was Captain Picard, and how much was Patrick Stewart?

I grew up with an abusive mother. If you think people are quiet about abusive father's, they are virtually silent about abusive mothers. Many people say: 'oh it can't of been that bad', or something along the lines of why couldn't I stand up to a woman. Basically they have no idea and since the incidents of abusive mothers are far less than abusive fathers, I don't know if they'll ever have an idea.

I love hearing this guy's voice. Captain Picard FTW

props to Patrick Stewart for speaking out against domestic violence :D

Surely this sort of response by some is exactly what he is talking about. We need more people aware of it, to realise it can happen to anyone.

Do not worry Kelly, laws do not need to change to keep women safe. Women like you aunt now have me. I know how to take care of them. I know from where Mr stewart speaks. I saw what happened to my mother and I've never raised my hand to a woman. Today, some personal protection devices, the right attitude, and a small amount of instruction will save many women's and college student's lives.

I agree. We need to take domestic abuse very seriously, but we should never forget that one is innocent until proven guilty. It frightens me to think how many innocent people are probably in jail right now because of juries listening to their guts rather than the facts presented. I'm really sorry you had to go through being falsely accused and I hope you're doing alright now.

This is absolutely true.

All those saying he didnt go through this. he actually did grow up with an abusive father, he's a very strong man to be where he is today having grown up with that.

This is great work these actors are doing - thanks for uploading. would love to have people screen a short film on domestic violence which i made recently called "above the noise"

Im glad that the Australian government has campaigns against domestic violence.

This is very brave of this actor. His demeanor would never suggest such a past experience. We must bring this ugly secret to light and destroy the monster of domestic violence.

GoodDogNigel: I am a male survivor of Domestic Violence. I called the police no less than 7 times and on one occasion, after I called them they asked ME the VICTIM to leave! I refused and prevailed! Men's suffering is NOT a FEW cases they are in the tens of thousands! Some mild, others severe. You are right, women are not violent monsters and NEITHER are MEN! According to hundreds of studies women and men initiate DV about the same. Source Prof. Martin S. Fiebert. with 30 years of studies.

My hero.

Sometimes I'll come to this video just to listen to his voice.

@Scarletfoe I was in an abusive relationship for years and only got away 2 years ago. The only thing holding you back is the idea that you can't do it but you can. I won't lie. It may not be easy but you are worth it. Start small by doing little things to make you feel good about yourself without his approval. Things that he may not even notice or care about but makes a difference to you.

Patrick Stewart is my hero.

Only Pat Stewart can make a moment of vulnerability look bad-ass like this.

Wow.

There are four Lights - even if the state says there are five and tortures you there are still four Lights... I love the fact he was one of the actors in Animal Farm - and actually the torture he portrayed in Chain of Command is actually still going on (China, North Korea, Cuba etc.) I also love the fact that they got John Hurt too... since he played a very similar role ( i am gonna post the same thing on his video :-)

Violence is not only physical in a relationship, nor does it come solely from the male figure. such violence can come just as easily from one party in a gay relationship or from the female in a straight relationship. emotional violence is just as damaging if not more than physical. It is a hard thing to realize while its happening, it takes times for some to realize they have been abusive. its a very hard (if not imposable) situation to solve from with in the relationship.

Your experience sounds very scary.I trully hope you will one day find peace.And remmember, you are not alone, there are many thousands of women just like you, many many people you can talk to about this.I wish you all the best

Wow. That took a lot of courage. Never knew that about Patrick Stewart.

engage!

That was brilliant. Very moving, well said, and he is absolutely right about what he said about poloticians taking is just as serious as their smoking campains......

this must have been difficult for him to discuss, and you can tell he's choking up...he's what, 60-70? and it still effects him...i have the utmost respect for him as a person and an actor...and what's sad is everything he says is true.

(Continued:) I don't know if Patrick Stewart really had a f*cked up childhood (if he didn't, he's an even better actor than I thought) but what he says has value, even if only heightens the publics (and governments?) awareness of domestic violence. So there.

Make it so.

One can only hope...

Child abuse is the worst crime a person can possibly commit. It is closely followed by spousal abuse. I think it is a wonderfull idea to have Celebreties talking about subjects like this.

both domestic violence against woman and against men should be treated with the same severity, voilence is voilence where it comes from and who against is not relevent.

2. Because of his influence, he'll probably be able to get everyone on his side. If you find that even if you master your response, that he just gets worse or finds cleverer ways to hurt you even more, get support. My Parents even went as far as turning my whole family and relations against me. All I ever do is stand up for myself but that's where the trap is laid.

There's a difference between an adult male, & a MAN. MEN don't cheat, abuse, etc. I saw how my dad treated my mom, & I swore I'd never do it. Damn proud that I can honestly say I have kept that oath.

Keep it up Professor X!

What happens is that when you feel threatened, even if its emotional abuse, your brain develops connections to the inner brain called the R-Complex. It controls the fight or flight survival response. It can hijack your mind temporarly. If your Dad is the type to abuse you emotionally, like my Dad can be, you have to master your response. Again, if he carries on, get support. Be aware, if he is an psychlogical abuser, he'll try to get everyone on his side. That's the problem I face.

self controls important, really important. and im always worried minell break thats why i take stuff *so personally* as someone put it. thats why i comment so heavy on these.