Warning Signs of Domestic Violence
Does your partner:
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Insult, demean, or embarass you with put-downs?
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Control what you do, who you talk to, or where you go?
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Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
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Stop you from seeing or talking to friends and family?
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Control all of the money in the relationship? Take your money or Social Security check, make you ask for money, or refuse to give you money?
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Push you, slap you, choke you, or hit you?
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Make all of the decisions without your input of consideration of your needs?
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Tell you that you're a bad parent, or threaten to take away your children?
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Act as if the abuse is no big deal, your fault, or deny that it is happening at all?
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Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?
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Intimidate you with guns, knives, or other weapons?
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Attempt to force you to drop criminal charges?
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Threaten to commit suicide or threaten to kill you?