You are in an abusive relationship when your partner:

• tells you who you can have as friends and controls when you can see them
• wants to know where you have been and who you have been with
• gets jealous when you talk to someone else including family members
• constantly puts you down and insults you so you feel worthless
• forces you to have sex
• physically and emotionally hurts you
• threatens and frightens you
• tells you what you should and shouldn’t wear and/or eat
• pressures or forces you into using illegal drugs, alcohol and/or cigarettes.

If you are being abused you may feel:

• like it’s your fault
• angry, sad and lonely
• like you can’t talk to family or friends
• afraid that you will get hurt if you tell someone about your problem/s.