Physical Abuse

It can include punching, hitting, slapping, kicking, strangling, or physically restraining a partner against their will. It can also include driving recklessly, invading your physical space, & in any other way making you feel physically unsafe.

Emotional Abuse

Emotional manipulation through verbal & physical humiliation, threats, mind games, extreme jealousy, cruel behaviour & constant accusations are all methods of verbal & emotional abuse. 

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Sexual Abuse

It can involve rape or other forced sexual acts, or withholding or using sex as a weapon. Unwanted or non-consensual touching as well as using guilt or other forms of manipulation to force sexual acts are all categorized as sexual abuse.

Financial Abuse

Being withheld from having money, a job, your own bank accounts, or a say in your own finances is a form of abuse that provides the abuser with additional control & will often prevent someone from having the means to leave.

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Psychological Abuse

When someone, through a series of actions or words, wears away at your sense of mental wellbeing and health. It often involves making you doubt their own sanity & can include gas-lighting, creating dependency, & isolating you from supports.

Spiritual/Cultural Abuse

When your particular cultural identity is used to inflict suffering, or as a means of control. Not letting you observe your faith, using racial slurs, threatening to ‘out’ you  to friends/ family, or isolating you when you don't speak the language.

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