Intimate relationships are a wonderful thing that people experience in their lives. But with that to say there can also be negative factors to a good situ
ation.
Abusive and toxic relationships can occur at any time with your partner. Many ways you can end up in an abusive or toxic relationship. Personal baggage from past relationships, self-hatred, and very different views and onions on life.
Some factors of abuse
- emotional abuse where they use emotions to make you feel different, this consists of a lot of manipulation on a partners side.
- physical abuse where they use physical force in their relationships, like pushing, kicking and punching.
- verbal abuse where they constantly put the other partner down making them feel less
- sexual abuse where they do sexual acts like posting a nude picture or physical acts without consent
- financial abuse where they take as much money and leave the other partner bankrupt, broke or even homeless.
There are many more factors of abuse that many people don’t know or understand but these are just some common abuse that is recognized.
When people first hear about abusive relationships they always think of physical abuse, it is very serious and dangerous when it comes to physically attacking your partner. This can leave you with bruises and cuts, but they can always heal. But people don’t recognize that it can leave internal scaring that won’t go away.
Jennifer Slay a book righter and a counselor for women that were in bad situations says, “it is very important to remember to take care of your self after all the bad situations you have been through.”
If you know anyone in an abusive relationship or you are currently experiencing one at the moment. Remember you are not alone and there are great resources near you like Leah marshall if you attend Fanshawe college, Jennifer Slay if you want one on concealing London abused women’s center, cell phone (519-439-9034), and Anova, cell phone (519 642-3003).
