Not all abuse is physical. There are many different kinds of abuse including emotional, sexual, digital and financial abuse. All abuse is a tactic where one person systematically tries to exert power and control over the other through an intentional pattern of behaviour. No one deserves to be abused.
Emotional or Psychological Abuse
If your partner is trying to humiliate, isolate and scare you, you may be experiencing emotional abuse. It is a pattern of behaviour designed to control you by undermining your self-esteem. They make you believe[…]
Sexual Abuse
If you are being forced to do things sexually you are uncomfortable with, or made have sex without your consent, if you are feeling disrespected and violated you may be being sexually abused. An abuser[…]
Digital Abuse
Every kind of abuse that can happen offline can happen online. Also known as online abuse, or technology facilitated abuse (TFA), an abuser may be using digital media to harass, control and manipulate you. This[…]
Social Abuse
If your partner is making it hard for you to connect with family and friends, you may be experiencing social abuse. Your abuser may make it difficult or impossible for you to go out or[…]
Financial abuse
If you partner makes you rely on them for everything financially, makes all the monetary decisions for your household without consulting you and makes you justify every penny you spend, you may be being subjected[…]
Physical Abuse
If you are being physically harmed within your relationship, your partner may be physically abusing you. This can take many forms; like locking you out of the house or denying you access to medication. It’s not[…]
Red flags of abusive relationships
Being able to tell the difference between healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships can be difficult. No two relationships are the same, so what’s unhealthy in one relationship may be abusive in another. Although there may[…]
What to do if you are being abused
If you are in an abusive relationship, ending the abusive behaviour is the responsibility of your abuser, and theirs alone. But, there are a series of actions you can take to help keep yourself safe[…]