Contact the freephone 24 hour National Domestic Violence Helpline
run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge

CALL: 0808 2000 247 0808 2000 247

EMAIL: helpline@womensaid.org.uk*
Please note we can not respond to emails by telephone as safety may be compromised. If you wish to speak to somebody please call the number above.

Not sure if you're experiencing domestic abuse ? Ask yourself these questions?

Recognising domestic violence

Everyone has arguments, and everyone disagrees with their partners, family members and others close to them from time to time. And we all do things at times that we regret, and which cause unhappiness to those we care about. But if this begins to form a consistent pattern, then it is an indication of domestic violence. The following questions may help you:

Has your partner tried to keep you from seeing your friends or family?
Yes No
Has your partner prevented you from continuing or starting a college course, or from going to work?
Yes No
Does your partner constantly check up on you or follow you?
Yes No
Does your partner unjustly accuse you of flirting or of having affairs with others?
Yes No
Does your partner constantly belittle or humiliate you, or regularly criticise or insult you in front of other people?
Yes No
Are you ever afraid of your partner?
Yes No
Have you ever changed your behaviour because you are afraid of what your partner might do or say to you?
Yes No
Has your partner ever destroyed any of your possessions deliberately?
Yes No
Has your partner ever hurt or threatened you or your children?
Yes No
Has your partner ever kept you short of money so you are unable to buy food and other necessary items for yourself and your children?
Yes No
Has your partner ever forced you to do something that you really did not want to do?
Yes No
Has your partner ever tried to prevent you from taking necessary medication, or seeking medical help when you felt you needed it?
Yes No
Has your partner ever tried to control you by telling you you could be deported because of your immigration status?
Yes No
Has your partner ever threatened to take your children away, or said he would refuse to let you take them with you, or even to see them, if you left him?
Yes No
Has your partner ever forced you to have sex with him or with other people? Has he made you participate in sexual activities that you were uncomfortable with?
Yes No
Has your partner ever tried to prevent your leaving the house?
Yes No
Does your partner blame his use of alcohol or drugs for his behaviour?
Yes No
Does your partner control your use of alcohol or drugs (for example, by forcing your intake or by withholding substances)?
Yes No

If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, this indicates that you may be experiencing domestic violence.

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