Physical Abuse
Does your partner hit, slap, grab, pinch, shove, choke, kick or bite you? Does he or she deny you medical care, prevent you from taking medications, or force you to use alcohol or drugs?

Psychological Abuse
Does your partner make you afraid by threatening physical harm to you or your children, threatening to harm family pets, displaying weapons, destroying your property, preventing you form going where you want to go, or isolating you from family, friends, school, or work?

Emotional Abuse
Does your partner frequently criticize, embarrass, insult or damage your relationship with your children?

Sexual Abuse
Does your partner force you to have sex when you don’t want to?

Economic Abuse
Does your partner make or attempt to make you financially dependent? Example: taking your money, withholding money or credit cards, stopping you from going to school or work.

Warning Signs

• Hits, slaps, kicks, punches, shoves, or bites you. Threatens to hurt you, your children, friends, or family members.
  
• Has sudden outbursts of anger or rage.
• Behaves in an overprotective manner.
  
• Becomes jealous without reason.
  
• Prevents you from seeing family or friends.
  
• Prevents you from going places.
  
• Prevents you from going to school or work.
  
• Destroys personal property.
  
• Denies you access to family assets such as bank accounts, credit cards, or the car.
  
• Controls all finances and forces you to account for what you spend.
  
• Forces you to have sex against your will, or engage in sexual acts that you do not enjoy.
  
• Insults or calls you derogatory, racial, or sexual names.
• Uses intimidation or manipulation to control you or your children.
  
• Humiliates you in front of others.
  
• Turns minor incidents into major arguments.
  
• Abuses or threatens to abuse pets.