Warning Signs

Domestic Violence

These may be some warning signs of domestic violence:

• Alcohol or drug abuse
• Blaming you for the abuse
• Checking up on where you've been and who you've talked to
• Controlling or withholding your money
• Destroying your things
• Insulting you in public and private
• Intimidation
• Jealousy and / or dependency
• Limiting where you go and what you do, including keeping a job
• Low self-esteem
• Making you have sex in ways or at times that are uncomfortable to you
• Putting down your friends and family
• Stalking
• Threatening to hurt you, your family, or your pets
• Touching you in ways that hurt or scare you, including actual or threatened physical harm