WARNING
SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
1. Have you ever felt threatened by your partners physical strength
and size?
2. Were you ever afraid that if your partner became angrier he/she
might strike you?
3. Have you ever stayed in a relationship after you recognised
that it was no longer a loving, supportive environment?
4. Did you ever give a relationship a second chance because you
had no support?
5. Have you ever felt that you were responsible for someone else's
anger?
6. Did you stay because you felt responsible for the other person?
7. Were you, or are you, afraid of loneliness?
8. Did you stay in an unhappy relationship because of the children?
9. Did you have doubts that you could make it on your own?
10. Have you ever backed down from an argument with a man or woman
because you felt intimidated?
11. Did you ever feel that if you continued expressing your views,
the situation might get out of hand?
12. Have you ever been physically abused: hit, punched, shoved,
pushed, cornered or blocked?
