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Am I in an abusive relationship?

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There are many forms of abusive behavior.  The most common are Mental and Physical abuse.   Each abusive behavior fluctuates in the degree of severity. Understanding and being able to identify the signs of abusive behavior will enable you to catch the problem before it gets out of hand.

No one deserves to be abused and live in fear.  Remember that you are not alone.  You did not cause the abuse.  You are not to blame for someone else's abusive actions.  Following, is a list of several, but not all, abusive tactics that a partner may use to gain power and control over you.  How many of these behaviors have you encountered?



Using Intimidation:
Making you afraid by using looks, gestures, or actions
Smashing things
Abusing pets
Displaying
weapons


Using Children:
Making you feel guilty about the children  
Using the children to relay messages
Using visitation to harass you 
Threatening to take the children away 
 

Using Isolation:
Controlling what you do, who you see, talk to, what you read, and
where you go
Limiting your outside involvement
Using jealousy to justify actions 
Minimizing, Denying, Blaming
Making light of the abuse and not taking your concerns about it seriously
Saying the abuse never happened
Shifting responsibility for abusive behavior
Saying you caused it
Using  Emotional Abuse:
Putting you down
Making you feel bad about  yourself
Calling you names
Making you think you are crazy
Playing mind games
Humiliating you
Making you feel guilty


Using Privileges
Treating you like a servant
Making all  the big decisions 
Acting like the master of the castle 
Being the one who determines the roles



Using  Economic Abuse
:
Preventing you from getting or keeping a job
Making you ask for money
Giving you an allowance 
Taking your money
Not letting you know about or have access to family income 
 

Using  Coercion and Threats:
Making or carrying out threats to do something to hurt you 
Threatening to leave you, to commit suicide, or report you to welfare
Making you drop charges
Making you do illegal things

There is Help!

If you or someone you know are experiencing any of the above or if you just have questions, Haven House of Pickaway County, Inc. can help.  Please call us at
(740) 477-9113.
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