Answering these questions may save your life:

  -  Has your partner ever thrown things at you or hit you? 

  -  Did your partner ever make you have sex when you didn't want to?

  -  Do you find yourself making excuses for injuries caused by your partner?

  -  Does your partner accuse you of sleeping around when you are not?

  -  Does your partner control your money, where you go, what you do?

  -  Has your partner ever threatened to take your children?

  -  Does your partner keep you from seeing friends and family?

  -  Has your partners behavior become more violent; has this violent behavior happened more often?

  -  Are you always watching what you say or do, afraid you'll do something "wrong"?

  -  Does your partners behavior make you so tired and/or depressed that you wonder if you're going "crazy"?