Types of Abuse
This type of abuse involves hitting, kicking, or causing bodily harm.
What is physical abuse?
The first stage of the cycle of abuse, when ____ begins to grow.
What is tension?
Respecting boundaries, communicating honestly, and supporting each other are signs of this.
What is a healthy relationship?
A partner who checks your location constantly without your consent is showing this red flag.
What is controlling behavior?
The first thing a friend should do when someone confides in them about abuse is this.
What is listen and believe them?
This type involves using insults, threats, or humiliation to hurt someone emotionally.
What is emotional abuse?
This phase involves the abusive incident itself.
What is the explosion or incident phase?
Constant jealousy, checking someone's phone without permission, or isolating them from friends are signs of this.
What is an unhealthy or abusive relationship?
This warning sign appears when someone tries to isolate you from friends or family.
What is social isolation?
Trusted adults like counselors, teachers, or family members can provide this kind of support.
What is emotional support?
When someone repeatedly pressures, manipulates, or controls another person online, it's this kind of abuse.
What is digital abuse?
After the incident, the abuser may apologize or promise change in this stage.
What is the honeymoon phase?
This essential skill involves listening and expressing feelings clearly without blaming.
What is healthy communication?
When a person twists facts, denies obvious things, or makes you doubt your own memory, it’s called this.
What is gaslighting?
This type of boundary is when you clearly communicate what behavior is okay and what isn’t.
What are personal boundaries?
This form of abuse happens when someone controls money, prevents another person from working, or withholds financial resources.
What is financial abuse?
This part of the cycle often makes victims hope things will improve, even though the cycle repeats.
What is the calm phase?
When each person in a relationship can make their own choices, it shows this key principle.
What is independence or autonomy?
Someone who threatens self-harm to keep you from leaving is using this dangerous tactic.
What is emotional manipulation or coercion?
When someone is in immediate danger, this is the safest step to take.
What is calling emergency services?
When someone uses their power to force, pressure, or guilt another person into sexual activity, it’s this type of abuse.
What is sexual abuse?
Understanding this cycle is important because it shows how abuse is not a one-time act but this repeated pattern.
What is a cycle?
Manipulating or gaslighting someone into doing something they do not want to do.
What is unhealthy?
Blaming someone else for their own abusive behavior is this type of tactic.
What is victim blaming?
Teens can reach out to school counselors or hotlines; this is one reason doing so is important.
What is ensuring safety or getting professional help?