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Building Brighter Tomorrows

Understanding the Unthinkable

Anxiety, uncertainty, fear, lost or deprived – do these words describe some of your feelings? Do you feel you are in danger or on the brink of the unthinkable? For many of our clients, this is how they felt too before they took the courage to contact us. Below you will find a list of resources that can help you identify and understand your situation. Click the appropriate link for a downloadable PDF that can be easily printed for your use.

 

• Warning signs of domestic violence

  Warning signs of domestic violence

  
  

  • Call you names
  • Scare you by yelling
  • Try to control you by threatening or hurting you, your kids, or your pets
  • Push/hit/slap/punch/throw things at you
  • Pull your hair
  • Threaten you with a weapon (knife, gun, iron, or anything that could be used to hurt you)
  • Try to manipulate you by making it seem that things are your fault
  • Forbid you from leaving the house, getting a job, or talking to your relatives or friends
  • Threaten to have you deported
  • Force you to use drugs or have sex

  
  

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• Warning signs that a teen is in trouble

  Warning signs that a teen is in trouble

  
  

  • Feeling trapped and hopeless with nowhere to turn
  • Having problems at home
  • Considering running away
  • About to be kicked out of the house
  • Already living on the streets
  • Bullied at school
  • Dealing with anxiety
  • Feeling depressed and/or suicidal
  • Getting pressured by gang members
  • Dealing with sexual identity problems
  • Involved with someone who punches, hits, kicks, or slaps
  • Involved with someone who is emotionally hurtful and controlling
  • Sudden changes in eating, bathing, sleeping, and study habits

  
  

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• General Brochure
• FamilySource Center Brochure
• Cycle of Violence
• Myths and Realities of Battering
• Abusive Behavior List
• Red Flags for Batterers
• Characteristics of a Batterer
• Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse
• Packing List for Leaving your Batterer
• Runaway and Homeless Teenagers
• Indicators of Abused, Neglected and Sexually Abused Children
• Safety Planning for Pets
• Clues for Identifying Child Abuse and Neglect
• What is Domestic Violence?
• Emotional Effects on Children of Witnessing Violence
• Cutting and Self-Harm
• Teen Dating Violence

USE CAUTION

It is possible to track your online activities. If you think your batterer is monitoring you, please use a safer computer (at the library or other location) to find help.

 

This site has been designed with you in mind. If you feel you need to exit this site immediately, please click the button on the top right of the page to immediately close your browser.

E-mail, text messaging and instant messaging are not secure ways of communicating. Corded phones are more secure than cordless or cell phones.

 

Remember that many newer cell phones and cars have GPS systems that a batterer can use to find where you are.

 

Numbers to call if you are in danger: 911

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-7233 or

TTY: 1-800-787-3224

 

1736 Family Crisis Center Hotlines

(We accept collect calls):