Relationship Warning Signs

IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT IF YOU ARE BEING ABUSED.
YOU DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT !


Womansplace staff is trained to help survivors of all ages cope with the effects of domestic violence. Emergency Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Domestic Violence Hotline: (508) 588-2041
En Espanol: (800) 223-5001
Toll Free Number: (888) 293-7273

 

Look over the following questions. If any of these warning signs are happening in your relationship, talk to someone. Without help, the abuse will continue to happen.

  • Do you feel nervous around your partner?
  • Do you have to control your behavior to avoid your partner's anger?
  • Do you feel pressured when it comes to sex?
  • Are you afraid to disagree?
  • Are you criticized or humiliated privately or in front of other people?
  • Are you frequently checked up on or questioned about what you do?
  • Have you been frequently accused of seeing other people?
  • Are you told that if you changed the abuse would stop?
  • Does your partner make you feel wrong, stupid, crazy, or inadequate?
  • Does your partner find ways to keep you from seeing your family and friends?
  • Does your partner make it difficult to keep a job?
  • Have you ever been frightened by violent or threatening behavior?
  • Are you prevented from going out or doing things you enjoy?


If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship. Many people who answer yes to some of these questions believe "it's not so bad." The questions listed above are all indicators of abuse. Feeling frightened, isolated, humiliated, and controlled is not the way you should feel in a loving relationship. You have the right to be treated with respect. No one deserves to be abused.