We as human beings have this amazing ability to find the different aspects in people and resonate enough with them to generate a relationship. When people embark on their journey of being together, they get to find out everything about one another. But sometimes when letting people in, you run the risk of finding someone taking advantage of your overall wellbeing. When in a relationship where someone takes advantage of you, you become a victim of domestic violence. Now there are many different forms of domestic violence which are emotional, physical, sexual, verbal and financial abuse.
Emotional abuse is an attempt to control another without physical contact. Some signs of emotional abuse may seem like your partner demanding for your passwords to accounts, preventing or discouraging you from seeing your family or friends, and wanting to know where you are at all times. Physical abuse is another attempt to control you in the relationship but in a more aggressive form. Signs of showing physical abuse would be hitting you when you don’t do what they ask when they feel like they don’t like where you are going they grab you aggressively to try and assert their dominance. Sexual abuse is where your partner takes advantage of you both emotionally and physically. Now I must inform readers that there is a difference between playful aggressiveness and having things done to you that you didn’t consent to. You have the right to consent to any and everything that is being done to you, you comprise with your happiness. Some signs of sexual abuse are your partner doing things you don’t want to, when you tell them, no they keep on going and when you feel anything other than comfort. Another form of abuse is verbal which is but not limited to cursing, name calling, blame, criticism, and threats. The last form of abuse is financial where your partner may try and exploit that option of them saying “oh, I pay for everything so, therefore, I own you” or things that may be similar to the situation.
One thing that should be understood is how to realize what the signs are and always being on the lookout for signs in general. When you feel like you are being abused or if you know of someone being abused do not be afraid to speak up, because you never know whether or not you voice could save a life.