What Is Domestic Abuse?
Domestic abuse can involve any of the following:
~verbal put downs/being called names
~shoving
~slapping
~kicking
~biting
~choking
~controlling money
~destroying personal property/objects
~controlling where you go
~making jobs impossible to keep
~forcing unwanted sexual acts
~threatening to take the kids away
~listening to your phone messages
~any behavior that makes you feel unsafe
The following behaviors are often seen in abusive partners:
Controlling behavior: says who you can see and what you can do
Extreme jealousy: may accuse you of having affairs
"Jekyll & Hyde" personality: kind one day and not the next; nice in public and abusive in private
Promises to stop abusing: after abuse, is sorry & sweet for a while. This "honeymoon" is often followed by tension and more abuse.
Says you cause the abuse: tries to make you think you said something you did not
Blames abuse on drinking or drug use
~verbal put downs/being called names
~shoving
~slapping
~kicking
~biting
~choking
~controlling money
~destroying personal property/objects
~controlling where you go
~making jobs impossible to keep
~forcing unwanted sexual acts
~threatening to take the kids away
~listening to your phone messages
~any behavior that makes you feel unsafe
The following behaviors are often seen in abusive partners:
Controlling behavior: says who you can see and what you can do
Extreme jealousy: may accuse you of having affairs
"Jekyll & Hyde" personality: kind one day and not the next; nice in public and abusive in private
Promises to stop abusing: after abuse, is sorry & sweet for a while. This "honeymoon" is often followed by tension and more abuse.
Says you cause the abuse: tries to make you think you said something you did not
Blames abuse on drinking or drug use
