What are the signs that someone might be experiencing domestic violence?
Answer
People who experience family and domestic violence may do some or all of the following:
- See friends and family less than usual
- Suddenly stop going out without a reason
- Receive an unusually high number of texts or other messages from their partner or family member
- Worry a lot about making a particular person angry and/or be scared around a person
- Make excuses for someone’s negative behaviour
People whose behaviour is violent or abusive may:
- Put the other person down all the time
- Make threats to hurt another person
- Act in ways that make the other person scared
- Control
- where someone goes
- how and when they can use their phone, car, or computer
- who they see and speak to
- what happens to their money
- Have a lot of rules about how the other person is allowed to behave
- Get very angry when the other person doesn’t follow these rules
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