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What is emotional abuse?
Emotional abuse is a way to control another person by using emotions to criticize, embarrass, shame, blame, or otherwise manipulate another person. In general, a relationship is emotionally abusive when there is a consistent pattern of abusive words and bullying behaviors that wear down a person's self-esteem and undermine their mental health.
What's more, mental or emotional abuse, while most common in dating and married relationships, can occur in any relationship including among friends, family members, and co-workers.
Emotional abuse is one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize. It can be subtle and insidious or overt and manipulative. Either way, it chips away at the victim's self-esteem and they begin to doubt their perceptions and reality.
Types of Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse can take a number of different forms, including:
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Source: Gordon S., What is emotional abuse?. Updated September 2020; National Network to End Domestic Violence. Forms of Abuse. 2017; The National Domestic Violence Hotline. Abuse Defined; Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Emotional and verbal abuse. Updated September 13, 2018
Emotional abuse is a way to control another person by using emotions to criticize, embarrass, shame, blame, or otherwise manipulate another person. In general, a relationship is emotionally abusive when there is a consistent pattern of abusive words and bullying behaviors that wear down a person's self-esteem and undermine their mental health.
What's more, mental or emotional abuse, while most common in dating and married relationships, can occur in any relationship including among friends, family members, and co-workers.
Emotional abuse is one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize. It can be subtle and insidious or overt and manipulative. Either way, it chips away at the victim's self-esteem and they begin to doubt their perceptions and reality.
Types of Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse can take a number of different forms, including:
- Accusations of cheating or other signs of jealousy and possessiveness
- Constant checking or other attempts to control the other person's behavior
- Constantly arguing or opposing
- Criticism
- Gaslighting
- Isolating the individual from their family and friends
- Name-calling and verbal abuse
- Refusing to participate in the relationship
- Shaming or blaming
- Silent treatment
- Trivializing the other person's concerns
- Withholding affection and attention
Here you can find professional therapists & counselors on this topic.
Source: Gordon S., What is emotional abuse?. Updated September 2020; National Network to End Domestic Violence. Forms of Abuse. 2017; The National Domestic Violence Hotline. Abuse Defined; Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Emotional and verbal abuse. Updated September 13, 2018
