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You may be in an abusive r̶e̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶h̶i̶p̶ government if they:
• Play the victim. If things go wrong, it’s all your fault.
• Stop you from seeing friends and family.
• Won’t let you go out without permission.
• Tell you what to wear.
• Monitor your phone or emails.
• Control the finances, or won’t let you work.
• Control what you read, watch, and say.
• Monitor everything you do.
• Punish you for breaking the rules, but the rules keep changing.
• Tell you it’s for your own good and that they know better.
• Don’t allow questions.
• Tell you you’re crazy, and no one agrees with you.
• Call you names or shame you for being stupid or selfish.
• Gaslight you, challenge your memory of events, make you doubt yourself.
• Dismiss your opinions.