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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.