The table shows some of the warning signs, behaviours and situations that characterize a relation containing abuse. Perpetrators of abuse are often very clever and manipulative and often blame you as a victim.
You are YOU and if you feel that you have to change who you are to make a partner or someone else happy, then it is a warning bell. Remember that abuse is never your fault! It is everyone’s human right to live a life free from any form of violence and abuse.
To break out of a violent and abusive relationship can be a difficult process. But we all need to pull together to inform and to be alert for warning signs such as these in our own lives as well as in the lives of our friends and relatives, and so that vulnerable women get to know their rights and so that they know that someone out there cares and listens and take their situation seriously. Physical, emotional, sexual and psychological abuses are criminal acts!
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