Am I Being Abused?

It may have begun with threats, name calling, yelling breaking dishes and slamming doors.
Did it escalate to pushing, slapping, choking, or other physical violence?

Do You:
Fear your partner?
Avoid certain topics?
Feel you can’t do anything right?
Believe you deserve it?
Wonder if you are crazy?
Feel numb or helpless?

Does Your Partner:

  • Humiliate and criticize you?
  • Yell or intimidate you?
  • Embarrass you?
  • Ignore you or put you down?
  • Blame you for the violence?
  • Have an unpredictable temper?
  • Threaten you?
  • Threaten to take your children away or harm them?
  • Threaten suicide?
  • Destroy Things?
  • Act jealous and possessive?
  • Control you?
  • Keep you from friends or family?
  • Limit your access to money, phone or car?
  • Constantly check up on you?
  • Force you to have sex?

If you feel you are experiencing domestic violence, please call Family Abuse Center's 24-Hour Crisis Hotline at 1 (800) 283-8401 or the National DV Hotline 1 (800) 799-7233.