Domestic
violence and abuse can happen to anyone. It happens between people of all
cultures, religions or classes. Noticing and acknowledging the signs of an
abusive relationship is the first step to ending it. No one should live in fear
of the person they love. If you recognize yourself or someone you know in the
following warning signs and descriptions of abuse, reach out. There is help
available.
How do I know if I am experiencing abuse?
If you
answer yes to one or more of the following questions, you may be in an abusive
relationship.
- Has your partner tried to keep you from seeing your friends or family?
- Has your partner prevented you from continuing or starting a college course, or from going to work?
- Does your partner constantly check up on you or follow you?
- Does your partner accuse you unjustly of flirting or of having affairs?
- Does your partner constantly belittle or humiliate you, or regularly criticise or insult you in front of other people?
- Are you ever scared of your partner?
- Have you ever changed your behaviour because you're afraid of what your partner might do or say to you?
- Has your partner ever deliberately destroyed any of your possessions?
- Has your partner ever hurt or threatened you or your children?
- Has your partner ever kept you short of money so you're unable to buy food and other necessary items for yourself and your children?
- Has your partner ever forced you to do something that you really didn't want to do, including sexually?
If you think
you may be in an abusive relationship, there are lots of people who can help
you.
During the Break the Silence, End the Violence event in London last weekend, we were introduced to a few charities and organisations that help victims of abuse. Please see below the websites and the help they offer.
RAHAB GROUP http://uckg.org/rahab/
SAMANTHA DE
BONO MBACP MFDAP http://www.samanthadebono.co.uk/
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