Are You At Risk?

 Push, hit, pinch, shove or otherwise hurt you?

• Want to move too quickly into the relationship?
• Disregard your boundaries?
• Become excessively jealous and accuse you of having affairs?
• Want to know where you are all of the time and frequently call, email and text you throughout the day?
• Criticize you or put you down; most commonly tell you that you are “crazy,” “stupid” and/or “fat,” or that no one would ever want or love you?
• Take no responsibility for their behavior and blame others?
• Have a history of battering?
• Blame the entire failure of previous relationships on their partner; for example, “My ex was a total b***?”
• Have a history of growing up in an abusive or violent home?
• Insist that you stop spending time with your friends or family, or otherwise isolate you?
• Try to control your finances, demand to know how every penny is spent?
• Rage out of control?

These and others are warning signs of domestic violence!  Trust your instincts, and call for assistance.