You might experience physical violence from a partner.

Physical violence is when someone hurts your body.

You might experience verbal abuse from a partner.

Verbal abuse is when someone:

• shouts or says mean things
• calls you names
• says they will hurt you.

You might experience sexual abuse from a partner.

Sexual abuse is when someone:

• makes you do sexual things you don’t want to do
• does something sexual to you that you don’t want them to do.

You might experience emotional abuse from a partner.

Emotional abuse is when someone:

• says things to make you feel scared or bad about yourself
• makes you feel confused about what has happened to you
• controls what you do.

You might experience cultural and spiritual abuse from a partner.

Cultural and spiritual abuse is when someone:

• treats you badly because of what you believe in
• stops you from taking part in your culture or religion.

Culture is someone’s way of life and what they believe

You might experience financial abuse from a partner.

Financial abuse is when someone:

• takes your money when you don’t want them to
• controls how you spend your money.