Am I in a Healthy Relationship?
Sometimes it can be hard to tell if you’re in a healthy relationship – everyone has arguments after all. But if there is a pattern to this behaviour, then this indicates domestic abuse.
Try answering the following questions:
Domestic Abuse Quiz for Young People
- Does your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner check your phone or social media without asking?
- Do they blow up your phone with calls or texts and always want to know where you are?
- Do you feel like you have to be super careful what you say or do around them?
- Do they blame you for arguments or bad behaviour and never own up to what they’ve done?
- Have they tried to stop you from seeing friends or family, or made you doubt your relationships with them?
- Do they control your money or stop you from having enough for basics?
- Have they ever told you what you can or can’t wear?
- Do they accuse you of cheating or flirting when you’re not?
- Do you ever feel like you’re losing yourself or going “crazy” in the relationship?
- Have they ever threatened to hurt themselves, you, or anyone you care about?
- Do they follow you around, message non-stop, or harass you?
- Do they put you down, embarrass you, or constantly criticise you?
- Have you ever changed what you do because you’re scared of how they’ll react?
- Have they ever hit, slapped, pushed, strangled, bitten, kicked, or hurt you physically?
- Have they ever touched you when you didn’t want them to?
- Do they pressure you into sex, hurt you during it, or make you feel like you can’t say no?
- Have they ever broken or destroyed your stuff?
- Do you feel like you’re not the same person you were before the relationship?
