Emotional violence

Emotional violence is used with the intention of hurting a person's feelings or to make them feel bad or scared. Examples of emotional violence are name calling, teasing, threatening bullying, spreading rumours, isolating someone, shouting and swearing.

Witnessing physical, emotional or sexual abuse of another can be just as damaging emotionally as being abused yourself.

If you have been abused - it is NOT your fault.

Women's Aid estimate that 100,000 children and young people in Scotland per year are currently living with | experience domestic abuse - just 1 is too many

Sexual violence

Sexual violence includes situations that make the other person feel uncomfortable such as: touching inappropriately, making suggestive or rude remarks, using sexual language, pornographic text messages or pornographic photographs, forcing or pressurising someone into sexual acts, rape.

People who sexually abuse choose to do so. They are responsible for their own behaviour. If you or someone you know is being sexually abused, it is very important that you get help to stop it.

Physical violence

Physical abuse includes punching, slapping, kicking, pulling hair, cigarette burns or anything that is done deliberately to cause you physical pain or injury.