Are you in a healthy relationship? Does the person you love:
- Put you down by calling you names and make you feel bad about yourself?
- Frighten or threaten you?
- Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?
- Want to know where you are every single minute?
- Believe that you belong to him/her?
- Stop you from seeing or talking to friends or family?
- Hit, kick, shove, punch, slap, restrain, or otherwise hurt you?
- Make all the decisions?
- Take your money or make you ask for money or refuse to give you money?
- Repeatedly call to check up on you when you are not with him?
- Act extremely jealous?
- Repeatedly accuse you of cheating or flirting with others?
- Threaten to take away or hurt your children?
- Act like the abuse is no big deal, it’s your fault or even deny doing it?
- Destroy your property or threaten to kill or hurt your pets?
- Force you to drop charges?
- Threaten to commit suicide?
If you have checked any of the boxes above, you may be in an abusive relationship; please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) or the NEWS hotline at 707-252-3687
