Tell-Tale Signs Of Abuse That Could Lead To Domestic Violence

Granted that many will consider domestic violence as one that has physical pain, but there is more to it than that. It could also involve silent battles where the emotions and the psyche of the parties involved are being tortured. The victim and the attacker would tend to keep this under wraps, so the casual observer would have a difficult time telling whether or not there truly is a problem. This is the kind of abusive relationship that is even more dangerous than one that involves physical pain since, sooner or later, it is going to blow up big-time. However, domestic violence is not something that is openly discussed, so most of them are bound to remain hidden forever.
The belief of many people that a domineering character is a clear sign that an abusive relationship is going on is not entirely true. If one person loves the other so much to the point of smothering them with affection, many would think this is a sign of being domineering. On the other hand, some people could think that these are actually signs of the person growing to become abusive in the future. Old or new, relationships will find that domestic violence only swings one way. It is not limited to only one spouse being the more dominant and abusive one. There are cases where both spouses are actually showing signs of being violent.
If you look at all forms of relationships, violent traits in either or both of the spouse will be common. Whether you are in a gay relationship or a heterosexual one, you are bound to come across cases of domestic violence. It happens in both, but in varying degrees. This goes to show that abusive traits in people are not discriminative, they will be evident in people of varied, economic backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs, and, age. Statistics show that domestic violence cases are numbering highly. It is, however, unfortunate how the legal justice system cannot seem to put a handle on it to keep the rates low.
A relationship could be suffering from physical or psychological violence. Many violent rages stem from word wars. These verbal attacks could then lead to physical attacks. People who happen to spend time around the couple embroiled in the word of war will not do anything to stop them, thinking they will still be able to work things out because, so far, they are still bruise-less and injury-less. However, if only people take time and step in to quell the situation at this early stage, the instances of deaths arises from domestic violence will greatly decline.
You should keep your guard up about two things when you are entering, or already in, a relationship. The first, and most common is to look for signs of a domineering character in your spouse. He may not take you seriously and think you are playing little role in the relationship. This will then bring in a fear within your towards them, which is also the other sign that you need to look out for. In relationships, this happens more often to women than to the men. Walking away from the relationship would be the best thing you can do. If you need help, you can call the domestic violence hotline.