Characteristics of an Abusive Relationship
You may be in an abusive relationship if your partner:
- Withholds
affection or approval as punishment.
- Criticizes
you.
- Shouts
at you or calls you names.
- Ignores
your feelings.
- Insults
your beliefs, ideas, or values.
- Lies
to you to manipulate you.
- Insists
you look a certain way to please him.
- Humiliates
you in public.
- Keeps
you from seeing your friends and family.
- Takes
away resources such as money or the car.
- Puts
you in a dangerous situation (by reckless driving, driving under
the influence, or abandoning you).
- Throws
things at you.
- Locks
you out of the house.
- Hits
or punches you.
- Rapes
you.
- Threatens
to commit suicide if you leave.
- Threatens
to kill you if you leave.