Are you Being Abused?

You may be in an abusive relationship if your partner...
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Feels they have the right to dictate your behavior, privileges, or responses
and opinions.
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Demonstrates ownership of you or extreme possessiveness; says
things like “I can’t live without you,” or “You are my whole world.”
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Blames you for their problems or behavior.
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Isolates you – doesn’t allow you to see your family or friends.
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Needs to constantly know your whereabouts; expects you to spend
all of your free time with them.
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Humiliates you in public.
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Forces you to have sex or perform sexual acts.
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Insists on controlling all of the money, both yours and theirs.
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Refuses to let you go to work or, at the other extreme, forces you
to work.
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Has no regard for your physical or mental health.
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Criticizes your appearance, weight, clothes, etc.
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Pressures you to live together or get married before you are ready.
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Angers easily.
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Becomes angry when you have a different opinion than they do or don’t take their advice.
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Shows jealousy toward your children, family, friends or job.
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Suggests reasons for you to fear ending the relationship.
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Dual personality (Jekyll and Hyde), i.e., charming in public, aggressive in private.
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Displays violent behavior toward other people.
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Disregards the law; feels they are above the law.
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Doesn’t want you to know about their past.
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Blames all past relationship problems on the ex-partner.
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Has a record or history of domestic violence.
Interested in learning more? Visit The National Domestic Violence Hotline for much more information and resources!