What is happening?

What to do

1. For violence or danger now, alert police from somewhere safe.
2. Once safe, ask for a safety plan. Do not reveal your destination to the abuser.
3. If your phone is monitored, use a safer device for help when possible without risk.
4. If your neck was compressed or breathing blocked, get medical assessment now, even without marks.
5. Once you are safe, ask someone you trust to stay with you, away from the attacker. Tell them where you are and whether you can move or speak. If danger returns, go to another safe place and report it. Do not wait to collect evidence.
6. Neck compression/suffocation: medical assessment now even no marks. Voice/swallow/breathing change, fainting/confusion: emergency now. No symptom waiting or neck massage.
7. Child present: safe uninvolved adult/child protection. No confronting aggressor or disclosing refuge. No safe exit: tell dispatcher location. No dangerous improvised transport.