Types of DV

• Physical abuse: Pushing; Pinching; Slapping; chocking; backing you into a corner; Pinning you down; Throwing you Objects; Pulling your hair; Biting; Holding you captive; Breaking down a door to get you; Preventing you from eating or sleeping; Locking you out of the house; Forcing your car off the road; Abandoning you in dangerous places; Beating; Kicking; Keeping you from getting medical care; Spitting on you; Breaking bones; Using a Knife; gun or other weapon against you; Driving at unsafe speeds to intimidate you.
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• Emotional Abuse: Name calling; Insulting; Humiliation; Criticizing you; Blaming; Accusing; Questioning your sanity; Making fun of you; Making threats against you; your children, your pets; Intense jealously; Destroying Property; Retaliation; Not letting you make important decisions; Forcing you do to something against your will; Isolating you from friends and family; not letting you leave the house; Not letting you work or go to school; Not letting you drive the car; Monitoring your activities; Saying that you deserve the abuse; Threatening you to kidnap the children if you leave; threatening self-abuse or suicide If you don’t do what (s) he wants.
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• Sexual Abuse: Unwanted touching; Withholding or demanding sex; Forcing sex; Name calling with sexual epithets; incest; Marital Rape; Insisting on anything sexual that frightens or hurts you.
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• Economical Abuse: Refusing to work or be responsible for finances; Not allowing you access or title to family finances; Making you ask for money; Keeping you in poverty; Demanding an accounting of everything you buy; Not paying alimony or child support.