Domestic Abuse?
What is domestic abuse?.
Domestic abuse, also called domestic violence or other cases can be called intimate partner violence is an incident or patterns of incidents of coercive, controlling, threatening, degrading and behaviour of violence including sexual violence. In most cases by a partner or ex – partner but can be a family member or carer. It is a very common and it’s mostly experienced by woman that is perpetrated by men. It can be a range of abuse like mental, physical, sexual and economical. In some cases, can escalate in frequency and severity which can lead to serious physical injury or death.
Anyone can be a victim to domestic abuse regardless of sexual orientation, age, gender, religion or class.
Domestic abuse can vary including;
- Financial or economic abuse
- Coercive Control
- Physical or sexual abuse
- Harassment and stalking
- Online and digital abuse
- Psychological and/or emotional abuse
Recognising signs of domestic abuse
- Your partner criticises you or makes you doubt yourself and the things around you, questioning your reality. You might start believing that you are not attractive, and you are nothing without your partner.
- You feel intimated and scared to be around your partner when he is angry, and their behaviour might be unpredictable. It makes you feel like you walk around “eggshells” around them
- You’re made to feel guilty and are restricted to do things that you used to enjoy doing e.g., Going out with friends or spending time with family.
- From the previous point your partner may control you on who you can and can’t see. By emotionally blackmailing you. (Your partner might make you feel like you can’t do things without their permission).
If you recognise these signs that you have seen from someone or yourself. Please don’t hesitate to call this number 01635 953588 for help.
