Are You In An Abusive Relationship?

Does your partner:

• Act extremely jealous of others who pay attention to you, or use jealousy to justify his/her actions?

• Monitor where you go, who you call, and who you spend time with?

• Call you names, insult you, or continually criticize you?

• Put you down in front of other people, you, play mind games and make you feel as if you are crazy?

• Stop you from seeing or talking to friends or family, or limit your outside involvement?

• Prevent you from getting or keeping a job?

• Make all the decisions?

• Take your money or not let you have access to the family income?

• Make you afraid by using looks, actions, and gestures?

• Threaten to take away your children?

• Break things, damage property, throw objects, punch walls, or kick doors?

• Trap you in your home, or keep you from leaving?

• Push, slap, bite, kick or strangle you?

• Use physical force or intimidation in sexual situations?

• Prevent you from calling for help, or seeking medical attention?

• Act like the abuse is no big deal, it’s your fault, or even denies doing it?

• Blame drugs or alcohol for his/her abusive behavior?

• Threaten to hurt or kill your pets?

• Scare or threaten you with weapons?

• Threaten to kill you or commit suicide?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be involved in a relationship that is abusive. If there is something about your relationship that scares you, we can help.