Mental violence

Mental violence (aka psychological violence) is present in all forms of violence, and it can be challenging to identify. Mental violence may be the only form of violence or combined with other forms of violence. Recognising mental violence is difficult as a violent person can behave kindly and politely in the company of friends and acquaintances but become entirely different when there are no outsiders present.

If you need to, please ask for cross-organisational collaboration with different supportive services to help you recognise the early warning signals of violence and get educated on how to bring them forward to relevant professionals. This is important for short-term resolution, starting your long-term healing journey, and “life after” to keep up the learned behaviour.