Domestic Violence

Domestic abuse and domestic violence crosses all socioeconomic lines.

All ages, all income brackets, all races and all genders may be victims or perpetrators; it may occur in any sort of relationship, married or not, gay or straight, adolescent couples dating or elderly married couples.

Do you:

• feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
• avoid certain topics out of fear of angering your partner?
• feel that you can’t do anything right for your partner?
• believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?
• feel emotionally numb or helpless?

Does your partner:

• humiliate or yell at you?
• criticize you and put you down?
• treat you so badly that you’re embarrassed for your friends or family to see?
• ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments?
• blame you for their own abusive behavior?
• see you as property or a sex object, rather than as a person?
• Your Partner’s Violent Behavior or Threats  Your Partner’s Controlling Behavior

Does your partner:

• have a bad and unpredictable temper?
• act excessively jealous and possessive?
• hurt you, or threaten to hurt or kill you?
• control where you go or what you do?
• threaten to take your children away or harm them?
• keep you from seeing your friends or family?
• threaten to commit suicide if you leave?
• limit your access to money, the phone, or the car?
• force you to have sex?
• destroy your belongings?
• constantly check up on you?

If you see yourself and your relationship in these questions, seek assistance now!

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