Content Warning: This article discusses domestic violence. If you are in distress and need someone to talk to, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While relationship abuse can take many forms, the most prevalent is financial control and abuse, according to The Allstate Foundation.

Sharisse Kimbro, the Foundation's relationship abuse program manager, said that nearly all domestic violence victims experience some level of control over their finances. Typically, abusers often intend to make their victim dependent on them, according to research published in the journal BMC Public Health.

"Financial abuse happens when one person tries to control, limit or restrict another p

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