WHAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LOOKS LIKE

Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone yet the problem is often overlooked,excused or denied. Noticing and acknowledging the signs of an abusive relationship is the first step of ending it. No one should live in fear of the person they love.

Domestic violence are used for one purpose only, gaining and maintaining control over you. They normally start from threats and verbal abuse and then to violence. Most often, people think physical abuse is the most dangerous.Far from that, the most precarious is the emotional and psychological abuse.
The most glaring sign of an abusive relationship is fear of your partner. If you are unable to express yourself freely in his or her company, then there is a probability your relationship is unhealthy.

You want to know if you are in an abusive relationship, ask yourself these questions.

• ARE YOU AFRAID OF YOUR PARTNER?
• DO YOU FEEL EMOTIONALLY HELPLESS WITH HIM?
• DOES YOUR PARTNER CRITICIZE AND PUT YOU DOWN?
• DOES HE OR SHE SEE YOU AS THEIR PROPERTY?
• DOES YOUR PARTNER HAVE A BAD AND UNPREDICTABLE TEMPER?
• DO THEY HURT YOU?
• ARE THEY OVER POSSESSIVE OR OVER JEALOUS?
• DO THEY KEEP YOU FROM SEEING FRIEND?
• CONTROL WHERE YOU GO?

Answers to these questions would at least  notify one if involved in an abusive relationship.My next blog would highlight the cause of such an inexcusable act.