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· Ignored your feelings or made fun of them
· Put down women as a group (for example, called them crazy, emotional, stupid)
· Withheld approval, appreciation, or affection to punish you
· Constantly criticized and called you names
· Told you nothing you do is ever good enough no matter what you do or how hard you try
· Yelled and screamed at you
· Insulted friends or family, driving them away
· Put you down in front of others
· Told you others didn’t like you
· Kept you from working or going to school, controlled your money, made all the decisions, demanded that you ask permission to do or have anything
· Didn’t let you use telephone, censored your mail
· Refused to work or share money
· Taken away car keys or money
· Destroyed, sold, or given away things that were important or of value to you
· Kept you from talking to or seeing your family or friends
· Embarrassed you in front of others
· Created crises so you had to pay attention to him
· Made constant demands on your time
· Didn’t allow you to have any privacy
· Destroyed belongings important to you
· Physically withdrew from you
· Didn’t talk to you – gave you the silent treatment
· Living with his alcoholism/drug abuse
· Always had to agree with his opinions
· Only allowed to see his friends, never mine
· Made you do everything, even when sick
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· Punished or kept things from the children when angry at you
· Treated the children extra nice, leaving you out, when angry at you
· Threatened to kidnap the children if you ever left
· Blamed you for any problems, real or made up, with the children
· Threatened or actually abused pets to hurt you
· Bragged about affairs to hurt you
· Accused you of having affairs
· Tried to control you with lies or contradictions
· Tried to control you with emotions (for example, threatened to commit suicide if you left)
· Told you it was your fault when a person physically or sexually abused you - that you asked for it, deserved it, or liked it
· Denied that the behavior is abusive or minimized it by calling you crazy or stupid or telling you that you made it up
· Made you lie about how injuries occurred
· Threatened to tell, or told your employer or family that you are a lesbian in order to get you fired or to have your children taken away
· Threatened to use weapons to harm you, or to kill you or the children
· Threatened to hurt family or friends
· Threatened to hurt or kill himself
· Made you worry about his next step
· Couldn’t tell when he’d be nice or mad
· Stalked you
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