Unhealthy Relationships

Are you in a healthy relationship?
A good relationship is based on care, trust and tolerance:

• Care for one another
• Respect and trust in each other
• Allow space for different opinions, tastes and ideas

A healthy relationship allows space for each person to have different opinions and ideas. It is not based on jealousy, controlling behaviour, or demands. If someone uses jealousy or anger to make you do things their way, then this is controlling behaviour and not a healthy relationship.

You have the right to:

• Live your life without violence
• Be safe in your home
• Talk to people about your situation
• Keep your children safe from harm
• Leave your home and go to a safe place
• Unconditional support

Types of abusive behaviours

• Physical violence – includes pushing, choking, slapping, kicking, punching, using objects as weapons, destroying property.
• Emotional and Verbal – includes threatening to kill you, your children, other family members or pets; threatening to commit suicide; humiliating and degrading; forcing you to do something you don’t want to; isolating you from family and friends; confining you to the house; making you feel bad; threatening you with deportation.
• Spiritual – using your religious or spiritual beliefs to manipulate, dominate, and control.
• Economic/financial – denial of money for food, clothes, and/or personal use.
• Sexual – using threats, intimidation, or physical force to commit unwanted sexual acts.
• Criminal harassment/stalking – following you or watching you, and invading your privacy in a way that threatens your personal safety.

If you are…

• Experiencing violence in your relationship
• Being hurt by one or more of your family members
• Lonely and isolated
• Denied access to money
• Forced to stay with the person who hurts you
• Feeling angry, sad, and/or constantly tired
• Afraid of being hurt
• Worried your children are being exposed to violence
• Concerned about your sponsorship

…you are not alone. There are people who will come alongside you. Help is available. Reach out today.

Source: Downloadable brochure:  Stopping the Violence Counselling for Women | MOSAIC Programs (mosaicbc.org)