Healthy relationships involve trust, respect, consent and consideration for the other person. Unhealthy relationships can vary and can affect partners emotionally, financially, mentally or sexually.  People often think of an unhealthy relationship being physical which can include threats, isolation, and intimidation. Teens Health explains unhealthy relationships in general seems to involve these traits. Abuse will most likely escalate over time.

Teen Health reports that approximately 1 in 10 high school students have reported being physically hurt by a date, and there could be more unrecorded. Synergy, an organization that provides a safe haven for teens in unhealthy relationships, provides students with support. It’s easy to mistake an abusive person for being over concerned or protective. An abusive relationship doesn’t just include threats or hitting.

“Young adults in this position usually have low self esteem issues and turn to even unhealthier ways to cope,” school psychologists Tammy Slauson said.

An abusive partner can simply be them trying to control different aspects of your life, such as how you dress, who you hang out with and what you say. No one wants that.

While in a relationship, your partner may become constantly jealous, angry, or unfair when wanting to spend time with your others. They can use manipulation or other tactics to get guilt their partners. For example, many abusive partners have threatened to harm themselves if try to leave the relationship. When demanding to leave a situation such as that, they might the other person tries to get their to stay at many attempts. Rather then trying to get sympathy, lying, threatening their parnter or themselves, or promising change before they go back into there regular habits. Abuse is a cycle that anyone can be caught in and is hard to escape. If someone feels they have an abusive partner tell someone. You don’t deserve to try to be controlled by someone who wants the power to push you around, that is not relationship.