Domestic violence is a pattern of many behaviors directred at achieving and maintaining power and control over an intimate partner, such as:  physical violence, forced sexual relations, emotional abuse, isolation of the victim, finanical abuse, intimidation, and coercion and threats.

Identifying Abusive Relationships

Does your partner: 

• Embarrass you with bad names and put-downs?

• Look at you or act in ways that scare you?

• Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?

• Stop you from seeing or talking to friends or family?

• Take your money or Social Security, make you ask for money, or refuse to give you money?

• Make all the decisions?

• Prevent you from working or going to school?

• Threaten to committ suicide if you leave?

• Tell you you're a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt your children?

• Act like the abuse is no big deal, it's your fault, or even deny doing it?

• Destroy your property  or threaten to kill your pets?

• Intimidate you with guns, knives, or other weapons?

• Shove you, slap you, strangle you, or hit you?

• Force you to have sex?

• Force you to drop charges?

• Threaten to kill you?

 

 

If you answered YES to even ONE of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship. 

 

If you need to talk, call APOC at

701-845-0072