Are you a victim of abuse?
If you're uncertain, the following questions could help you examine a partner's behavior.
Does your partner: · Threaten you or your loved ones?
· Break your belongings?
· Use guilt trips on you to have his own way?
· Humiliate you in public or private?
· Make you feel as if you should not go out with or contact friends and family?
· Push, hit, choke or slap you?
· Restrain you using force?
· Apologize after being violent and yet repeat the behavior?
· Blame you for his or her temper or behavior?
· Wrongly accuse you of doing something?
· Pressure or force you to have sex?
· Ignore your feelings?
· Withhold approval, appreciation or affection as punishment?
· Continually criticize you, call you names and/or shout at you?
· Abandon you in a dangerous place?
If your answer is "Yes" to one or more of the above, you may be involved in an abusive relationship.
Abuse
You don’t have to put up with it.
There is help…
If you have concerns for yourself or someone you know, please one of the very helpful hotlines below for more information.
Remember, the responsibility for the abusive behavior rests with the abuser. You cannot make another person emotionally or physically harm you, but you can hold him/her accountable.
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Programs that provide telephone crisis intervention services for women and men who have experienced domestic abuse which may include steps to ensure immediate safety; short-term emotional support; assistance with shelter; legal information and advocacy; referrals for medical treatment; ongoing counseling and/or group support; and other related services
BETWEEN FRIENDS
800-603-4357 Helpline/Hotline
FLORIDA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
800-621-4202 Helpline/Hotline
HARBOR HOUSE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
407-886-2856 Local Helpline/Hotline
800-500-1119 Toll Free Hotline
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HOTLINE
800-799-7233 National Hotline
Adult Protective Intervention/Investigation
Programs that investigate and intervene on behalf of adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect or abandonment. Services may include removal of the individual to safer surroundings, authorization for medical treatment and other available services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life. Included are programs that receive reports of and investigate elder abuse involving non-institutionalized adults.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES ORANGE COUNTY –
ADULT SERVICE UNIT
407-893-4471 Administrative
A system of specialized social services directed toward protecting vulnerable adults who are unable to manage their own affairs from further occurrences of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Assessment of an individual's need for protective services is initiated in response to a reported allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
No matter what walk of life you come from or what situation you are in, no one has the right to insult, hit, assault, beat, or rape you.
You are worth more than that!
Like Yourself
Respect yourself