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Signs that you are a part of an Abusive Relationship

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Signs that you are a part of an Abusive Relationship

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What Your Partner Does to Maintain Control

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What Your Partner Does to Maintain Control

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Does Your Partner

Act very jealous and possessive of you?

Control where you go or what you do in your everyday life?

Keep you from seeing your friends or family as not to risk being found out?

Limit your access to money, devices, and vehicles?

Constantly check on you?

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Does Your Partner:

Belittle you or yell at you?

Put you down?

Treat you so poorly that you’re embarrassed for your friends and family to see you?

Ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments for their own good?

Play the blame game with you when it comes to abusive behavior?

See you as property rather than a person?

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Do You:

Fear your partner?

Fear angering your partner with certain topics?

Feel helpless when it comes to pleasing your partner?

Believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?

Wonder if every problem is because of you?

Feel lack of emotions  or emotionally numb?

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If you yourself, are in an abusive relationship, you may be scared to ask for help. To get in trouble, to get abused once more, but people around you, friends, family, peers, teacher, and even random strangers may be willing to help. Never think that asking will be a bad decision.

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If you see a friend, or foe, in an abusive relationship, they WILL need help escaping from the chains of the abusive cycle. Even if they are the abuser they will need help to stop gaining pleasure and satisfaction from what they are doing.

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-Child Welfare League of America
-Equality Now
-National Domestic Violence Hotline

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No matter where you live there are likely many organizations around you that can help. If you go to them about being abused yourself or someone you know who is being abused, they will help. Don't be scared to "snitch", it will save someone from infinite hurt.

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Photo https://www.theodysseyonline.com/closer-look-at-domestic-violence
Information
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/domestic-violence-and-abuse.htm#cycle
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https://greatist.com/happiness/stop-domestic-violence-organizations

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The abuser begins to set his or her plan is motion. They show love and compassion to get the one being abused comfortable so that they may attack.

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The abuser begins to fantasize about how and when he or she will strike next.

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The abuser regains control by acting like nothing ever happened. He makes the one being abused feel happy and safe with the abuser.

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A victim of abuse

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The abuser rationalizes what he or she has done to make it seem normal. So that when he or she acts again it will seem normal to the abusee.

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After abusing, the partner feels guilt and fear of being caught.

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Emotional abuse would result in mental scarring, damage, depression, or low self esteem. All of those things could lead to things like self injury, depression, and/or running away

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Physical abuse would cause physical damage to a person such a bruises, scars, and even broken bones.

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Emotional abuse, compared to physical abuse, is almost worse in a sense.

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The abusee will experience, in a relationship that has emotional abuse, things like yelling, swearing, blaming, and put downs or shaming. The abuser

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The other partner uses put downs to make him or herself feel higher in power of the relationship. They make the partner feel bad so they have a low self esteem

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In a relationship where emotional abuse can be found, one partner often plays the role of the abuser while the other partner plays the role of the abusee.

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The partner lashes out, puts the partner down or resorts to violence to express dominance in the relationship.