Physical abuse

Physical abuse is when someone hurts or injures you on purpose.  An abuser might do any of the following:

• They have hit, Kicked, bitten, punched, slapped and / or shoved you
• They have physically restrained you (e.g. by holding you down or tying you up) without your consent. 
• They have thrown objects at you. 
• They have pinched you or shoved you. 
• They have physically harmed a child or a pet. 
• They have tampered with your medication in some way, such as by not giving it to you, or giving you the wrong medicine(s). 
• They have regularly displayed any of the behaviours mentioned above and told you that it was a “joke” or an “accident”. 
• Being burned with cigarettes, iron, oven and/or fire.
• They have choked or strangled you or restricted your airways in any other way e.g. holding you under water
• They have deprived you of food/warmth/sleep/medication/other aids