katie ray jones, ceo of the national domestic violence hotline, says covid is adding a crisis on topry where there's been a natural disaster or even during the recession, victims of domestic violence reported that the abuse in their home increased, not only in frequency, but also in severity. >> reporter: the pandemic recession has been deemed the she-cession, american women losing more than 5 million jobs in 2020, creating for many greater financial dependance. >> so we've heard stories when stimulus checks were issued, the victim survivor didn't have access to those funds or the abusive partner took those funds from the victim. we've also heard stories of survivors who lost their job and returned to the partner who used violence because they didn't have anywhere else to go. >> reporter: ruth says it's not only the survivors they're hearing from that she'd worried about, it's those they're not hearing from. what would you say to somebody who's in the vehicle of thick ot right now and feeling trap? >> the first thing i would say is, i'd encourage you to feel it's not healthy, and tha