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Are you a victim?​

If you’re unsure about your situation, you’re not alone.

This confidential self-assessment quiz is designed to help you reflect on your relationship and living environment. It can help you better understand if certain behaviors you’re experiencing may be considered abusive or harmful.

There are no right or wrong answers. This tool is not meant to diagnose or label, but to help you assess your situation and consider whether it may be helpful to seek support.

Are you experiencing abuse?

This confidential self-assessment can help you identify signs of abuse in your relationship.

What Abuse Looks Like

Abuse can take many forms—and it’s not always physical. It often begins subtly and escalates over time, leaving victims feeling isolated, unsafe, and unsure of what they’re experiencing. Below are some common types of abuse that occur in conjugal or family relationships:

Physical Abuse

Physical abuse includes hitting, slapping, pushing, choking, hair pulling, or using any object as a weapon. It is often the most visible form of violence, but not always the most frequent.

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse involves forcing someone to perform sexual acts against their will, whether through threats, pressure, or physical force.

Emotional Abuse

This includes putting someone down, constant criticism, name-calling, and humiliation. Emotional abuse aims to destroy a person’s self-worth and confidence.

Using Children

This form of abuse involves using children to manipulate or control the victim, such as making them feel guilty or using children to deliver messages or threats.

Intimidation

Intimidation includes scaring someone through aggressive gestures, yelling, destroying property, or controlling physical space, all designed to instill fear.

Threats

This includes threatening to harm the victim, take the children, or commit suicide as a means of control and coercion.

Using Male Privilege

This form of abuse involves treating a partner like a servant, making unilateral decisions, and using gender roles to maintain power and control in the relationship.

Do you need help?

Abuse is never justified. If you recognize any of these behaviors in your relationship or someone else’s, know that help is available. You are not alone. Contact us to speak with a professional. All services are confidential and free of charge.

Resources & Legal Information

Emergency Resources

Emergency: 911

For immediate danger or threats

SOS Violence Conjugale

1-800-363-9010
Website

Alliance

Text HOME to 741741 | Available 24/7

Legal Resources

Shield of Athena Legal Website

This website is designed to help you become familiar with your basic legal rights and obligations in Quebec and Canada.

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