Physical abuse is any violence or intentional and unwanted contact with your body.
Some examples of physical abuse are:
Scratching, punching, biting, strangling or kicking.
Throwing something at you such as a phone, book, shoe or plate.
Pulling your hair.
Pushing or pulling you.
Grabbing your clothing.
Grabbing you to prevent you from leaving or to force you to go somewhere.
Domestic Abuse isn’t just physical abuse. Domestic abuse includes physical, emotional, sexual, financial and economic, coercive control, digital and psychological abuse.
Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, bullying, threatening or violent behaviour, by a partner, ex partner or family member.
Abusive behaviour can happen in any relationship and it can continue even after the relationship has ended.