The Signs
Warning Signs you are in an abusive relationship:
- Your partner calls you names, puts you down, and unreasonably blames you for their problems
- Controls where you go and who you see (this can be subtle suggestions at first and then become more insistent, disrespecting your friends and family)
- Gets jealous easily and demonstrates possessiveness
- Excessive texting and calling to find out where you are and who you are with
- Threatens to harm you, your children, your family or your pets
- Hits, kicks, slaps, shoves, or strangles you
- Destroys property
- Threatens you with a weapon
- Threatens to commit suicide
These are just some of the signs. If a partner’s behavior creates fear and you feel unsafe to express yourself, you are in an abusive relationship.