Abusive Relationships: Abusive Men: Why Sexual Harassment and Emotional Abuse Happen and What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself

• How to recognize the signs of #abuse
• How to protect yourself
• Strategies for avoiding #manipulation & #coercion

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Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.

-Shelter House

#ChildrenOfDomesticViolence #BreakTheChain #FamilyDysfunction #DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence

#PsychologicalAbuse , the aspect of #DomesticViolence that's the most elusive, is more pervasive than physical violence, often a precursor to violence, and endangers women the most impacting their mental/physical health.

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#ControllingPartner

Intimate partner abuse shatters the sense of safety and security a home should provide.

It can turn it into a place of fear, tension, and walking on eggshells.

#IntimatePartnerAbuse #AbusiveRelationship #PsychologicalAbuse #EmotionalAbuse #DomesticAbuse

Typically, gaslighters are seeking to gain power and control over the other person, by distorting reality and forcing them to question their own judgment and intuition.

Newport Institute

#gaslighting #BlameShifting #ProjectionIsReal #EmotionalAbuse #ControllingPartner

#CoerciveControl creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a victim's life.

It works to limit their human rights by depriving them of their liberty and reducing their ability for action.

-Women Said

#coercion #CoerciveTactics

Domestic abuse is more than a bruise.

#CoerciveControl #DomesticAbuse #MTAB

If you’re with a partner who believes they’re always right and puts themselves in charge, then the relationship is unbalanced with one partner having more power and control.

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#coercion #CoerciveControl #ControllingPartner #AbusiveRelationship

What could help us to prevent ending up in a coercive relationship just might be the capacity for curiosity in the other person and also in ourselves.

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According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): Stalking is common.

About 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men have experienced stalking in their lifetimes.

-CDC

#stalk ing #stalk #harassment #manipulation #victim

A survivor of intimate partner abuse (IPA) experiences serious confusion on two fronts: inability to know help is needed and inability to identify the right help.

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Hearing stories of abuse, whether in your local community or from a well-known individual, can bring up many painful memories and feelings. This can happen whether you are still in the abusive relationship or have been out for years. So, what do you do?

#DVAwareness

With the rise of technology, dating violence can also manifest in the form of cyberbullying, harassment, or the misuse of technology to control or monitor a partner's online activity and communications.

#ControllingPartner #IntimatePartnerAbuse #stalking

As a significant other in an intimate relationship with an abusive partner, it’s inevitable that you will eventually experience a decline in the sense of well-being.

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#IntimatePartnerAbuse #AbusiveRelationship #PsychologicalAbuse #EmotionalAbuse

Domestic violence can affect same-sex couples.

Abuse can occur within LGBTQ+ relationships, mirroring the patterns of abuse found in heterosexual relationships.

#DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence #DV #DomesticViolence Awareness

Carol A. Lambert, MSW, a psychotherapist and expert in #IntimatePartnerAbuse , focuses on women with controlling partners and recovery.

Aware that most victims of IPA are women, she co-founded the highly successful “Recovery Groups for Women with Controlling Partners.”

The National Domestic Violence Hotline celebrates the new background check rule issued today! Read more: bit.ly/4cPuePV

#FirearmSafety #ProtectingSurvivors

Identify your feelings, pinpoint the controlling, abusive behaviors of the potential perpetrator, and then address the issue in a way that will protect you from further harm.

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#empowerment #recovery #IntimatePartnerAbuse #AbusiveRelationship

IPA survivors often emotionally shut down as a way to cope.

Grounding techniques can help IPA survivors recognize their trauma and seek help.

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#IntimatePartnerAbuse #AbusiveRelationship #GroundingTechniques