Domestic Violence

Domestic abuse: how to get help

Does your partner, ex-partner or someone you live with: cut you off from family and friends and intentionally isolate you? bully, threaten, or control you? take control of your finances? monitor or limit your use of technology? physically and/or sexually abuse you? Domestic abuse is not always physical violence. It can also include: coercive control and ‘gaslighting’ economic abuse online abuse threats and intimidation emotional abuse sexual abuse Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, sexuality or background. If you believe that you are a victim of domestic abuse, there are signs that you can look out for including: being withdrawn, or being isolated from your family and friends having bruises, burns or bite marks on you having your finances controlled, or not being given enough to buy food, medication or pay bills not being allowed to leave your house, or stopped from going to college or work having your internet or social media use monitored, or someone else reading your texts, emails or letters being repeatedly belittled, put down or told you are worthless being pressured into sex or sexual contact being told that abuse is your fault, or that you’re overreacting

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