Does your partner or spouse criticize you often?
Does your partner or spouse embarrass you with bad names and put-downs?
Does your partner or spouse throw or break objects in the home or damage the home itself during
arguments?
Are you afraid of the consequences of a fight?
Does your partner or spouse look at you or act in ways that scare you?
Do you constantly feel afraid at home? Has your partner or spouse threatened to hurt you or your
children?
Have they put their hands on you against your will or has forced you to do something you did not want to do?
Has your partner or spouse ever forced you to have sex or made you do things during sex that make you feel
uncomfortable?
Does your partner or spouse demand sex when you are sick, tired, or sleeping?
Does your partner or spouse refuse to let you sleep at night?
Has your partner or spouse ever tried to keep you from taking medication you needed or from seeking medical
help?
Has your partner or spouse ever hurt your pets or destroyed your clothing, objects in your home, or something which you
especially cared about?
Is your partner or spouse excessively jealous - for example, always calling you at work or home to check up on
you?
Has your partner or spouse threatened to commit suicide if you leave?
Is it hard for you to maintain relationships with your friends, relatives, neighbors, or co-workers because your partner or
spouse disapproves of, argues with, or criticizes them?
Does your partner or spouse accuse you of unjustly flirting with others or having affairs?
Has your partner or spouse ever tried to keep you from leaving the house?
Does your partner or spouse make it hard for you to find or keep a job or go to school?
Does your partner or spouse withhold money from you when you need it?
Does your partner or spouse sometimes spend large sums of money and refuse to tell you why or what the money was spent
on?
Has your partner or spouse ever used or threatened to use a weapon against you? Are there guns in your home?
Does your partner or spouse abuse drugs or alcohol? What happens?