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Abusive Behaviors

How can you tell if your relationship is unhealthy?

Some warning signs:

Always Has To Be Right
When you two disagree, are you allowed to have your own opinions? Or are your ideas pushed aside? Are you always being told you don’t know what you’re talking about?

Bad Temper
Is your friend or partner short-tempered? Do they take their anger out on inanimate objects, like slamming doors and punching walls?

Controlling
Your partner can “sweet talk” you into doing things that you are not comfortable doing.

Cruel to Animals
Sometimes, abusive people take out their anger and frustrations on innocent animals.

Excessive Jealousy
Is he or she always asking you where you went and whom you saw? Do they accuse you of things that you didn’t do?

Fascinated by Weapons
Does your partner carry a knife or gun and seem to spend a lot of time “playing” with them?

Heavy Drinking
Does he have to demonstrate his “manhood” by drinking heavily, or using drugs?

Jealousy/Possessiveness
Your partner checks up on you, makes unfounded accusations and often questions you about where you were and who you were with.

Quick Involvement
The relationship is moving faster than you are comfortable with.

Too Physical
Have you been grabbed so hard it left marks?

Uses Force
Your partner holds you down, pushes, shoves, slaps, kicks, and/or hits you.


If your relationship shows unhealthy signs, you could be in danger.

Page Last Updated: 07/14/2008