You can be either in a coercive abusive relationship and/or committing coercive abuse and not be aware that is what is happening in your relationship.
Here are the signs of coercive abuse.
1. Consistently screaming at your partner to shut them down.
2. Punching holes in walls and doors.
3. Throwing partner’s things such as phones etc to control their partner, threaten them, isolate them, and intimidate them.
4. Calling your partner names to be little, undermine, and humiliate.
5. Taking your partner’s phone to stop them from calling friends, family, Police or 000 to isolate and control them.
6. Taking away your partner’s finances to have control over them so they are reliant on you to survive financially.
7. Not allowing your partner to use the car so they can have independence or so they can go to work.
8. Not allowing your partner to have friends and or visit family.
9. Stopping your partner from doing activities outside the home.
10. Making your partner do things sexually they are not comfortable doing.
11. Mocking your partner’s reaction to your behaviour.
12. Grabbing your partner to control or stop them from leaving.
13. Locking your partner in a room without their phone to stop them from seeking help from friends, family, Police and or 000.
If you can recognise this behaviour in your relationship click on the link below for a booking today for support.
