By spreading awareness, offering resources, and encouraging open discussions, we can dismantle the harmful stereotypes that allow abuse to persist. Abuse thrives in silence, secrecy, and misinformation, but by replacing myths with truth, we can take meaningful steps toward prevention and healing.

Coercive control is a pattern of behavior by an abuser to dominate their partner and erode their autonomy and self-worth. Some of the tactics coercive control encompasses include emotional manipulation, isolation, intimidation, and micromanagement, perhaps not all used at once, but aimed at maintaining power.