Ask Joan: Your Safety, Your Voice

Ask Joan was created for survivors, shaped by real experiences. Explore our site to learn how our technology helps people feel safer and find support. You can also connect with specialist services to build a safety plan that works for you

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Understanding the Red Flags

Coercive Control

A pattern of controlling behaviors designed to isolate and dominate the victim. Examples include monitoring movements, restricting contact with friends & family, controlling activities.

Sexual Abuse

Any non-consensual sexual activity, including pressure, coercion, or assault.

It can also involve degrading sexual comments or forcing unwanted acts.

Digital Abuse

Using technology to harass, monitor, or control. Examples include tracking devices, hacking accounts, sending threatening messages, or controlling social media activity.

Stalking

Persistent attention that causes fear, such as following, showing up uninvited, repeated calls, messages, or using technology to track movements. It often continues after the relationship ends.

Harrassment

Repeated, unwanted behavior intended to intimidate, humiliate, or distress. This can include constant messaging, threats, public shaming, or interfering with work and social life.

Physical Abuse

Involves any act of physical harm such as hitting, slapping, choking, pushing, or using weapons. It can also include denying medical care or forcing substance use.

Psychological Abuse

Involves any act of physical harm such as hitting, slapping, choking, pushing, or using weapons. It can also include denying medical care or forcing substance use.

Financial/Economic Abuse

Restricting access to money, preventing employment, or controlling all financial decisions. This creates dependency and limits the ability to leave the relationship.

Our Escapists

Every story shared here belongs to someone who has faced unimaginable challenges and found the courage to rise again. These testimonials come directly from survivors, their words, their experiences, their journeys. By listening to them, we honor their resilience and learn how real-life insights shape the support and technology we provide. Their voices lead the way toward safety, healing, and hope

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