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How To Tell If You Are Being Abused

1. Does your partner put you down, then tell you that he/she loves you?
Yes No
2. Does your partner think you are seeing someone else if you are not home when he/she calls?
Yes No
3. Does your partner tell you that his/her jealousy and possessiveness is a sign of love?
Yes No
4. Are you constantly apologizing for your partner’s behavior, especially when your partner has treated you badly?
Yes No
5. Does your partner sometimes put you on a pedestal, saying he/she doesn’t deserve you?
Yes No
6. Does your partner act one way in public and another way at home with you?
Yes No
7. Did your partner pressure you to commit to the relationship faster than you were comfortable or in a way that left you feeling guilty later?
Yes No
8. Does your partner interfere with your ability to get or keep a job, or limit your access to the family’s money?
Yes No
9. Are there some qualities you especially like about yourself that your partner disapproves of or ridicules?
Yes No
10. Do you have to justify everything you do, every place you go, or every person you see, just to avoid your partner’s anger?
Yes No
11. Does your partner lose his/her temper suddenly over small things?
Yes No
12. Are you afraid to disagree?
Yes No
13. Are you frightened by your partner’s temper?
Yes No
14. Has your partner hit or hurt the children?
Yes No
15. Has your partner been cruel to an animal?
Yes No
16. Has your partner used violence in previous relationships?
Yes No
17. Have you ever been threatened, shoved, hit, kicked, or had things thrown at you?
Yes No
18. Have you been forced into having sex when you didn’t want to?
Yes No
19.

Does your partner sometimes tell you that he had a dream about killing you or himself or told you how he would do it?

Yes No
20. Are you afraid to break up because your partner has threatened to hurt you or to commit suicide if you do?
Yes No

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