What is Domestic Abuse?

Domestic abuse (also known as domestic violence) is when a person repeats a pattern of behaviours to maintain power and control over another person in an intimate relationship. This abuse can occur among married couples, couples who are dating, family members, or cohabitants.

Domestic abuse affects the victim's mental health.

It can take many forms, including:

#PhysicalAbuse: Hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, choking, or using objects or weapons to cause harm.

#EmotionalAbuse: Insults, criticism, humiliation, threats, and manipulation aimed at undermining the victim's self-esteem and emotional well-being.

#PsychologicalAbuse: Intimidation, threats of harm to the victim or their loved ones, destruction of property, and isolation from friends and family.

#SexualAbuse: Forcing or coercing the victim into sexual acts against their will, including marital rape.

#EconomicAbuse: Controlling the victim’s access to financial resources, preventing them from working, or stealing their money, thereby making them financially dependent.

#TechnologicalAbuse: Using technology to harass, stalk, or control the victim, such as through constant texting, monitoring social media, or tracking their location.

Domestic abuse can have severe physical, psychological, and emotional effects on the victims. These can be long-term and remain with the victim for weeks, months, or years, after they have escaped the relationship. Often the symptoms are shown as anxiety, depression or trauma.

It is a serious issue that requires support from friends, family, and professional services. Counselling, medication and coaching can all help to support the victim to recover and move forward with their life.

Sometimes, the police may need to be involved if harassment occurs or follows a break-up. Once the abuser loses control of the victim, he could go to extreme lengths to get back the control. This can see-saw between love bombing them, to threatening them.

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