Coercive control in a relationship involves forcing someone to act against their will through threats, intimidation, or manipulation, often to gain power and control. Examples of coercive control include isolating a person from their support system, monitoring their activities, controlling finances, and making them feel worthless.
Here are specific examples of coercive behavior in a relationship:
- Isolation: Preventing someone from contacting friends & family or limiting their time with them.
- Financial Control: Limiting access to money or controlling how it’s spent.
- Monitoring: Tracking a person’s online activity, whereabouts, or phone use.
- Threats & Intimidation: Making threats to harm oneself, loved ones, pets, or using emotional abuse to make someone feel scared.
- Gaslighting: Manipulating someone into doubting their own reality and sanity.
- Humiliation & Degradation: Repeatedly putting someone down, belittling them, or using humiliating language.
- Controlling Everyday Life: Dictating what someone can wear, who they can see, where they can go, and even when they can sleep.
- Preventing Support: Blocking access to medical services, counseling, or any type of support groups.
- Relational Threats: Threatening to end the relationship or find a new partner if demands are not met.
