{"id":586158,"date":"2019-01-17T13:55:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n                                        \t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2018\/09\/Couple-1.jpg\""},"modified":"2019-01-17T13:55:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:55:12","slug":"16-signs-that-your-relationship-is-unhealthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/17\/16-signs-that-your-relationship-is-unhealthy\/","title":{"rendered":"16 signs that your relationship is unhealthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2018\/09\/Couple-1.jpg\" alt=\"16 signs that your relationship is unhealthy\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"body-text\">Relationships can be such a huge part of our lives, no matter our gender identity, sexuality, or sexual preference. While there are many things that can affect whether we have a happy partnership from believing in\u00a0\u2018The One\u2019\u00a0to our\u00a0attachment style), there are some behaviours that just shouldn\u2019t be present in a healthy relationship.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.1 --><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">\u201cEveryone has arguments, and everyone disagrees with their partners, family members and others close to them from time to time,\u201d Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of\u00a0Women\u2019s Aid, says, \u201cbut if this begins to form a consistent pattern, if it starts to make you feel intimidated, controlled or fearful, then it\u2019s a sign that you could be in an abusive relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">Katie adds, \u201cTaken in isolation, some of the behaviours may seem like small or harmless acts, but together they make up a repeated pattern of behaviour that is frightening and upsetting.\u201d Here\u2019s her advice on the behaviours to look out for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">1. Your partner\u00a0<strong>shouts, mocks, accuses, calls you names or threatens you\u00a0<\/strong>verbally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">2. They\u00a0<strong>threaten to withhold money from you or take your phone or laptop away.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">3. They persistently\u00a0<strong>put you down in front of others<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">4. They withhold information from you,\u00a0<strong>lie, break promises, are jealous or have other relationships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">5. They\u00a0<strong>monitor your phone calls, texts, emails and social media accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">6. They follow or check up on you,\u00a0<strong>embarrass you in public or go everywhere with you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">7. They make angry gestures (like punching walls), intimidate you using their physical size, break your possessions.\u00a0<strong>They threaten to hurt or kill you<\/strong>, either with or without a weapon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.1 --><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">8. They use threats or intimidation to<strong>\u00a0force you to perform sex acts<\/strong>. They constantly pressure you into having sex when you don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">9. They are physically violent whether that\u2019s\u00a0<strong>punching, slapping, biting, kicking, pinching, pushing<\/strong>, restraining you or pulling your hair out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">10. They deny any of the above happens, or say you caused it to happen.\u00a0<strong>They say they can\u2019t control their anger,<\/strong>\u00a0they beg you to forgive them and cry while promising it will never happen again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">11. They (unjustly)\u00a0<strong>accuse you of flirting with other people<\/strong>\u00a0or being unfaithful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">12. They try to tell you where you can and can\u2019t go, or\u00a0<strong>try to stop you from seeing people\u00a0<\/strong>you care about including friends and family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">13. They\u00a0<strong>pressure you to use drugs<\/strong>\u00a0and other substances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">14. When you talk,\u00a0<strong>they either don\u2019t listen or don\u2019t respond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">15. They\u00a0<strong>refuse to help with household chores<\/strong>\u00a0or childcare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">16. They\u00a0<strong>threaten to self-harm or attempt suicide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: <strong>UK Cosmo<\/strong><br \/>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.1 -->\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;);<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>                                        \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relationships can be such a huge part of our lives, no matter our gender identity, sexuality, or sexual preference. While there are many things that can affect whether we have a happy partnership from believing in\u00a0\u2018The One\u2019\u00a0to our\u00a0attachment style), there are some behaviours that just shouldn\u2019t be present in a healthy relationship. \u201cEveryone has arguments, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":533410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>16 signs that your relationship is unhealthy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/17\/16-signs-that-your-relationship-is-unhealthy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"16 signs that your relationship is unhealthy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Relationships can be such a huge part of our lives, no matter our gender identity, sexuality, or sexual preference. 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