Abuse Questionnaire

Abuse Questionnaire
The following questionnaire asks about warning signs of abusive relationships. If you answer yes to some or all of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship. For more information, call our 24-hour crisis line at (504) 277-3177. All calls are confidential.

  • Do you constantly worry about your partner’s moods and change your behavior to deal with them?
  • Do you feel like you are walking on eggshells?
  • Does your partner seem like two different people?
  • Are you afraid of your partner’s temper?
  • Have you stopped seeing family or friends to avoid your partner’s jealousy or anger?
  • Does your partner want to control where you go and what you do?
  • Does your partner take all of your money or make you rely on him/her for money?
  • Does your partner constantly accuse you of having affairs?
  • Does your partner ridicule you, put you down or humiliate you?
  • Do you find yourself doing what your partner wants to avoid his/her anger?
  • Does your partner blame you for all the failures in the relationship?
  • Does your partner say it’s all your fault?
  • Does your partner scream at you, throw things, break or steal your things?
  • Does your partner slap, pull, shove, hit, kick, burn, punch or restrain you?
  • Does your partner threaten you with a weapon?
  • Does your partner claim his/her temper is out of control due to alcohol, drugs or because s/he had an abusive childhood?
  • Does your partner force you to have sex, hurt you during sex, or force you to do sexual things against you will?

If you answer yes to some or all of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship. For more information, call our 24-hour crisis line at 504) 277-3177. All calls are confidential.