Abuse in a household, also known as domestic violence is an incident, or a pattern of incidents between those who are 16 and over, who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of your gender, sexuality and ethnicity.
Domestic Abuse encompasses these (but not limited to) forms:
- Psychological
- Physical
- Sexual
- Financial
- Emotional
Some do not realise the impact of psychological abuse, behaviour that is deemed as the norm by the victim may be abuse. Such as:
Controlling Behaviour: acts done to make the victim feel lesser than and dependent on the perpetrator, this is done by isolating them from loved ones and colleagues etc and disallowing the victim any form of independence.
Coercive Behaviour: one-act or a pattern of acts including threats, intimidation, assault and abuse that is used to harm or punish the victim.
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