Am I being abused?
If you look in the mirror and see that your face is bruised and swollen because of what your partner
did, you know that you have been abused. But abuse is more than physical.
Ask yourself these questions.
• Do you feel as if you are walking on eggshells to keep the peace?
• Do you feel like a prisoner locked in your own home?
• Does you partner monitor your actions and time, making you account for every minute?
• Do you feel forced to have sex when you don’t want to?
• Does you partner call you names or verbally threaten you?
• Is your partner violent with the children, property, or pets?
• Do you feel powerless to make your own choices, have your own opinions, or come and go as you
please?
• Does your partner make all the money decisions, deny you access to money, or make you account
for every penny?
• Does your partner humiliate you through actions or words privately or in front of others?
• Does you partner accuse you of having affairs?
If you answered YES to ANY of these questions, it is likely that you are in an abusive situation. Check
your local phone book for the abuse hotline near you.
If you answered NO to ALL of these questions, check your local phone book for the abuse hotline near
you and copy the number down to keep in your wallet. You may need it for a friend someday.