{"id":117,"date":"2019-07-30T19:09:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T19:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-141870-968598.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2019-09-05T23:20:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T23:20:52","slug":"signs-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/getting-help\/signs-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Be careful. There are warning signs to look\nout for because physical abuse isn\u2019t always what happens first. An abuser will\ntry to control your feelings and mind before beginning to hurt your body. This\ncontrol can make you feel scared and confused. It can be hard to see a\npartner\u2019s actions as abuse in the beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually starts slowly with a\ncriticism here and there, making you question yourself. The abuser will try to keep\nyou away from family or friends. The abuser might say that they don\u2019t really\ncare about you. Don\u2019t allow yourself to become cut off from friends and loved\nones, because if you do, you will be trapped and the abuse could escalate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warning Signs of an Abusive Relationship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nyou feel like you\u2019re being abused, there\u2019s a good chance you may be, and it\u2019s\nworth getting help. Keep that in mind as you think about these signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does the person you love\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Constantly keep track of your time?<\/li><li>Act jealous and possessive?<\/li><li>Accuse you of being unfaithful or flirting?<\/li><li>Discourage your relationships with friends and family?<\/li><li>Prevent or discourage you from working, interacting with friends or attending school?<\/li><li>Constantly criticize or belittle you?<\/li><li>Control all finances and force you to account for what you spend? (reasonable cooperative budgeting excepted)<\/li><li>Humiliate you in front of others? (including \u201cjokes\u201d at your expense)<\/li><li>Destroy or take your personal property or sentimental items?<\/li><li>Have affairs?<\/li><li>Threaten to hurt you, your children or pets? Threaten to use a weapon?<\/li><li>Push, hit, slap, punch, kick, or bite you or your children?<\/li><li>Force you to have sex against your will, or demand sexual acts you are uncomfortable with?<\/li><li>Get angry when you come back \u201clate\u201d from running errands or leave the house?<\/li><li>Wants to read your emails, texts?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting out\nof an abusive relationship isn\u2019t easy, but we are here to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help is out there, BUT you have to be ready to accept help when it arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Call 911 first and allow the police to assist you!<\/li><li>Call 211 for a list of available services.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/getting-help\/who-to-call\/\">Who to Call<\/a> page for more information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be careful. There are warning signs to look out for because physical abuse isn\u2019t always what happens first. An abuser will try to control your feelings and mind before beginning to hurt your body. This control can make you feel scared and confused. It can be hard to see a partner\u2019s actions as abuse in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-interior.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losangeleshouseofruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}