Domestic Violence: The Victim's Story...
"Familiarizing yourself with Domestic Violence can go along way towards protecting yourself from the devastating outcomes experienced in it. It is a first step in the process of recovery and prevention"
Domestic Violence does not just come in one form. It has many different expressions.
Below are definitions of types of Domestic Violence:
Below are definitions of types of Domestic Violence:
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Physical Abuse |
Psychological Abuse |
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Verbal Abuse |
Sexual Abuse |
Physical Abuse: Slapping, kicking, punching, pinching, throwing objects, destroying property are examples of physical abuse.
Psychological Abuse: Coercion, manipulation, threats, imposing negative outcomes to ensure control over choices, giving ultimatums., believing you deserve to be treated without respect, care, dignity, or honor, learning to accept the responsibility of someone else's feelings based on their display of disapproval, inconvenience, or irritation.
Verbal Abuse: Calling names, using swearing, sarcastic, belittling comments, made the brunt of jokes in a negative way, calling attention to your mistakes, failures, weaknesses in public ways.
Financial Abuse: controlling financial ability to spend on necessary items to maintain appropriate life management. Seizing one's financial means forcing the other to become compromised and without sufficient means to take care of themselves without outside assistance.
Sexual Abuse: Use of sex or sexual acts to control the actions or behaviors of another.
What raises your concerns in Veronica's experience?
