types of abuse

Domestic Abuse

Child Abuse

Verbal Abuse

Domestic abuse includes many types of abuse that occur in a relationship or marriage. It can be caused by both men and women and can be very traumatising! Other examples are:

psychological abuse
physical abuse
sexual abuse
financial abuse
emotional abuse
so called 'honour' based violence

Child abuse is any abuse inflicted on a child, by its parents, family or any trusted people in it's environment. It can be verbal, emotional, physical, sexual. Violence, neglect and organised sexual abuse are also part of what a child might experience. A child is completely at the mercy of the adults in its life and is very vulnerable, unable to protect itself. This results in trauma & other mental health problems.

Verbal abuse is when the abuser uses 'words' to abuse the victim. These could be anything from put downs, threats, intimidation, humiliation, isolation, monitoring and more. If the victim speaks up against the abuse, the perpertrator usually says that it was a 'joke' and its the victim's fault they can't handle it.

Physical Abuse

Financial Abuse

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do. It can also refer to behavior that impacts a person’s ability to control their sexual activity or the circumstances in which sexual activity occurs, including oral sex, rape or restricting access to birth control and condoms.Some examples:

Unwanted kissing or touching.
Unwanted rough or violent sexual activity.
Rape or attempted rape.
Refusing to use condoms or restricting someone’s access to birth control.
Keeping someone from protecting themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Sexual contact with someone who is very drunk, drugged, unconscious or otherwise unable to give a clear and informed “yes” or “no.”
Threatening someone into unwanted sexual activity.
Repeatedly pressuring someone to have sex or perform sexual acts.
Repeatedly using sexual insults toward someone

Physical abuse is any intentional and unwanted contact with you or something close to your body. Sometimes abusive behavior does not cause pain or even leave a bruise, but it’s still unhealthy. Examples of physical abuse are: hitting, punching, scratching, touching you inappropriately (sexually,smacking your bottom), pushing you,throwing something at you, grabbing your face, pulling your hair etc

Stalking

Spiritual-Religious Abuse

Digital abuse

You are being stalked when a person repeatedly watches, follows or harasses you, making you feel afraid or unsafe. This person can be a stranger or someone you know.Examples of stalking behaviours are:

Show up at your home or place of work unannounced or uninvited.
Send you unwanted text messages, letters, emails and voicemails.
Leave unwanted items, gifts or flowers.
Constantly call you and hang up.
Use social networking sites and technology to track you.
Spread rumors about you via the internet or word of mouth.
Make unwanted phone calls to you.
Call your employer or professor.
Wait at places you hang out.

Religious abuse refers to abuse administered under the guise of religion, including harassment, humiliation or emotional manipulation, possibly resulting in psychological trauma. Religious abuse may also include misuse of religion for selfish, secular, or ideological ends such as the abuse of a clerical position.

Forms of harrassment, slurs or similar treatment because of

race
gender
gender identity
age
disability
sexual orientation
religion

Financial abuse can be very subtle — telling you what you can and cannot buy or requiring you to share control of your bank accounts. These are some examples that occur in relationships or marriages:

Giving you an allowance and closely watching what you buy.
Placing your paycheck in their account and denying you access to it.
Keeping you from seeing shared bank accounts or records.
Forbidding you to work or limiting the hours you do.
Preventing you from going to work by taking your car or keys.
Getting you fired by harassing you, your employer or coworkers on the job.
Refusing to give you money, food, rent, medicine or clothing.
Using funds from your children’s tuition or a joint savings account without your knowledge.
Spending money on themselves but not allowing you to do the same.
Giving you presents and/or paying for things like dinner and expecting you to somehow return the favor.
Using their money to hold power over you because they know you are not in the same financial situation as they are.

Digital abuse is any emotional or verbal abuse via online technologies such as chat, facebook, forums, dating websites, tweets and emails. This can be in a relationship, in 'so-called friendships' or even by people you don't even know. It depends how 'private' your settings are and how much you choose to share. The less you share online, the better!

Discriminatory abuse

Elder abuse

Elder abuse is "a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.Many forms of elder abuse are recognized as types of domestic violence or family violence. Elder abuse includes all forms of abuse, including emotional, verbal, physical, sexual, financial, neglect and scams by strangers.

Modern slavery

Modern slavery includes the following:

slavery
human trafficking
forced labour and domestic servitude

Modern slavery includes all forms of abuse, including emotional, verbal, physical, sexual, financial & neglect.

Traffickers and slave masters use whatever means they have at their disposal to coerce, deceive and force individuals into a life of abuse, servitude and inhumane treatment.

IMost types of abuse listed here lead to

psychological & physical difficulties, as

well as Post Traumatic Stress and also

Complex Post Traumatic Stress. If you

or someone you know has experienced

any of these types of abuse, please get

HELP now! There is always a chance

for recovery & a better, safer life.

Don't ignore this! There should be an

online support webpage or a helpline

for reporting abuse.

Be Safe & take care!