What is coercive control? 

Here are some examples of coercive control. The abuser is:

• Isolating you from family and friends.
• Depriving you of basic needs, such as food, hearing aid batteries, make-up, nice clothes.
• Hiding your hearing aids, canes and other assistive equipment.
• Monitoring your time.
• Not relaying conversations on the telephone to you.
• Monitoring you via online communication tools or spyware.
• Taking control over your life, such as where you can go, who you can see, what you can wear and when you can sleep.
• Denying you access to support services, such as medical services.
• Repeatedly putting you down, such as telling you that you are useless.
• Humiliating, degrading or dehumanising you.
• Controlling your finances.
• Making threats or intimidating you.