Physical abuse can include pushing, slapping, kicking and punching. It all started with a lot of pushing and slapping. Then one day he pulled me by the hair and threw me down the stairs. When I came to, he was sitting beside me crying. I felt bad for him and afraid for myself.
Abuse can also be emotional and psychological.
Emotional abuse can include insulting, pressuring, threatening, isolating you from family and friends and being very possessive and jealous. In the beginning he phoned me almost ten times a day. I felt really special, but then he started hassling me about how I should do things, like what I should wear, how I should act. He started saying things about my friends, like who I should see and stuff about where I could go. For a long time I thought his jealousy meant he loved me.