ARE YOU IN A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP?
Think about how you are being treated and how you treat your partner. Remember, when one person scares, hurts or
continually puts down the other person, it's abuse.
Does your partner:
- Threaten to hurt/hit you?
- Call you names and put you down?
- Say things to frighten you?
- Threaten to take your children away?
- Destroy your personal property?
- Get angry when you talk or visit your friends or family?
- Take your money?
- Slap you, punch you, or push you?
- Force you into sexual activity against your will?
If you answered yes to any of these, you might be a victim of domestic violence.
Remember:
- Violent abusers rarely get better. It is not something you can fix easily or quickly!
- Emotional abuse may be an early sign of future physical abuse. Discuss this with a professional.
- Violence usually increases over time and spreads to the children, it always affects them.
- Excess anger and abuse is a choice and a habit that is difficult to change. It is NOT your fault.
- You should learn about and do safety planning whether you have needed it in the past or not.
What is Abuse 
© 2012 Center for Prevention of Abuse