Dating Violence Warning Signs
Are you going out with someone
who…
Is jealous or possessive toward you? Won't let you have
friends? Checks up on you? Won't accept breaking
up? Tries to control you by being bossy? Giving
orders? Making all the decisions? Doesn't take you seriously?
- Is scary? You worry about
how s/he will react to things you say or do? Threatens
you? Uses or owns weapons?
- Is violent—has a history
of fighting? Loses temper easy? Brags about mistreating
others?
- Pressures you for sex? Is
forceful or scary around sex? Thinks of you as
a sex object? Tries to guilt trip you by saying "If
you really loved me you would…"? Gets
too serious about the relationship too fast?
- Abuses drugs or alcohol
and pressures you to take them?
- Blames you for the mistreatment
they might say that you provoked him/her, pushed
his/her buttons, made him/her do it, led him/her on?
- Has a history of bad relationships
and always blames other people for their problems?
- Believes that in a relationship
one person should be in control and have all
the power and the other person should be submissive?
- Your friends and family
have warned you about the person or told you
they are worried about your safety?
If this sounds familiar… get help!
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