Are you in an Abusive Relationship?
YES…if your dating partner, lover, spouse or ex-spouse has:
- frequently criticized, shouted, or called you names
- withheld approval, sex or affection as punishment
- thrown objects at or near you
- humiliated you in private or in public
- been irrationally jealous or harassed you about imagined affairs
- isolated you from friends or family
- controlled where you go
- controlled your money
- locked you out of the house or in the house
- abandoned you in strange places
- ridiculed or insulted your most valued beliefs, your religion, race, class or sexual orientation
- threatened to commit suicide if you leave
- threatened to hurt you, your children, relatives or friends, or your pets
- forced or pressured you to have sex
- held you against your will or pushed you
- punched, shoved, slapped, bit, kicked, burned, choked or hit you
- destroyed personal belongings