Below is a list of common warning signs:
- Controlling or dominating behavior
- Constant put-downs
- Isolates you from family and friends
- Possessiveness and extreme jealousy
- Controls all or most of the money
- Tells you what to do
- Kicks, pushes, hits, slaps or other types of physical attacks
- Threatens to kill you or someone you love
- Threatens your job security
- Threatens to have you deported
- Threatens to take your children
- Not allowing you to take birth control
- Not allowing you to get medical help of social services
- Misrepresents you to important persons in your life