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Answer these questions to find out.
Does your partner: - Embarrass you with put-downs?
- Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
- Control what you do, who you see or talk to or where you go?
- Stop you from seeing your friends or family members?
- Take your money or Social Security check, make you ask for money or refuse to give you money?
- Make all of the decisions?
- Tell you that you’re a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt your children?
- Prevent you from working or attending school?
- Act like the abuse is no big deal, it’s your fault, or even deny doing it?
- Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?
- Intimidate you with guns, knives or other weapons?
- Shove you, slap you, choke you, or hit you?
- Force you to try and drop charges?
- Threaten to commit suicide?
- Threaten to kill you?
If you answer yes to even one of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship. For support and more information please call the strong>National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or at TTY 1-800-787-3224. (Published courtesy of the National Domestic Violence Hotline ) |
