AN ABUSIVE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
CAN HAVE 9 KEY WARNING SIGNS
Whether it's physical, sexual, psychological, or financial, ABUSE IS ABUSE. Intimate Partner Violence can come with warning signs. And if we're all aware of those signs, it's possible to act and stop it.
1,3 MILLION PEOPLE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE SINCE 2020
1,3 MILLION PEOPLE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE SINCE 2020
N°1
Ignoring
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER USES THEIR OWN ANGER AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUNISH THEIR PARTNER BY PURPOSEFULLY IGNORING THEM.
N°2
BLACKMAILING
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER THREATENS THEIR PARTNER TO LEAVE THEM OR TELL THEIR SECRETS AFTER THEY SAID NO TO SOMETHING.
N°3
HUMILIATION
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER DIRECTS INSULTS AT
THEIR PARTNER IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM FEEL BAD ABOUT THEMSELVES.
N°4
MANIPULATION
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER PURPOSEFULLY SWAYS THEIR PARTNER'S EMOTIONS TO GET THEM TO ACT OR FEEL A CERTAIN WAY.
N°5
JEALOUSY
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER SHOWS SUSPICION
OVER EVERYTHING THEIR PARTNER DOES OR SAYS, AND WANTS ALL OF THEIR ATTENTION.
N°6
CONTROL
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER EXERTS CONTROL OVER THEIR PARTNER, PARTICULARLY AROUND WHERE THEIR PARTNER GOES AND HOW THEY DRESS.
N°7
INTRUSION
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER ASKS TO READ THEIR PARTNER'S PRIVATE MESSAGES AND SAYS IT'S "WHAT LOVERS DO", MAKING THEM FEEL WATCHED AND SCARED.
N°8
ISOLATION
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER WANTS THEIR PARTNER TO CUT ALL TIES WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
N°9
INTIMIDATION
EXAMPLE :
WHEN AN ABUSER INSTILLS FEAR IN THEIR PARTNER SO THEY'RE ALWAYS SCARED TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES.
