![]() ![]() ![]() How to React to Threatening Behavior & Wordsįirst, you analyze the threat. Just because someone else says “That doesn’t sound so bad!” does not mean you were not threatened. What kind of threat did you just perceive?ĭescribing your abuser’s action may sound like nothing when repeating it to a friend, but abusers have certain menacing looks and actions known only to their victims. Analyze anything your abuser does that makes your heart skip a beat (not in a good way, but in a bad way). Threatening behaviors include playing with or cleaning weapons while looking at you threateningly, blocking you in a room or corner (using their hands to block you is also considered domestic violence), “puffing up” or getting in your face while in conversation. Some things you could hear are, “If you go out dressed like that I will play wing-man for my friend” or “If you don’t have dinner on the table by 6 tonight, there will be hell to pay.” Any statement that says or implies “If you … then I’ll” is a threat. If your partner threatens to leave if you do or don’t do something, that is a threat and is verbal and emotional abuse. As you can guess, threatening words and behavior imply or involve emotional pain, physical pain or both.
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