Signs of Being Abused
Are you in an abusive relationship?
Know the signs
Ask yourself these 20 questions and rate your relationship based on the following scale:
Have they:
- Called you names and/or criticised you
- Tried to keep you from doing something you wanted to do
- Prevented you from having money for your own use
- Ended a discussion with you and made the decision himself
- Threatened to hit or throw something at you
- Pushed, grabbed, kicked or shoved you
- Slapped, pinched or punched you
- Put down your family and friends
- Accused you of paying too much attention to someone or something else
- Put you on an allowance
- Used the children to threaten you
- Became upset with you over the way you did household chores or with how you prepared dinner
- Threatened to commit suicide
- Made you do something humiliating or degrading
- Checked up on you, listened to your phone calls, checked your mileage or called you repeatedly at work
- Drove recklessly when you were in the car
- Pressured you to have sex in any way you didn’t want or like
- Refused to help with housework or childcare
- Threatened you with a knife, gun or other weapon
- Told you you were a bad parent
- Stopped you or tried to stop you from going to work or school
- Forced you to have sex
- Cheated on you
- Choked or strangled you
- Threw, hit or smashed something