Sexual Abuse From soul-depth Suffocated By invasion- stench. Nauseated By skin-smell. Shamed By foul-destruction Of self. To tear skin off Reveal bare bones Scour flesh To rid the sour taste Of foul infection Resting Within soul. Jim O’Shea When I was a teenager in the Ireland of the 1960s, sex
Monthly Archives: April 2016
EMOTIONAL ABUSE GOES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
The negative messages of emotional abuse transfer from generation to generation, as abusive communication patterns become the norm, and so I hope this exploration has increased your awareness, and enabled you to look at your relationship to ensure that it is abuse-free. There are some pertinent questions you can pose
Sometimes victims do not realise that they are being abused or controlled
Another minority group vulnerable to emotional abuse is people who suffer from disabilities. For example, the refusal of admittance of a physically disabled student to college, because of inadequate facilities, might be seen as emotional abuse. The victim feels powerless against the institution. Breda Gleeson writes of a case where
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Tags: abuse, psychological abuse
God is not a punitive father.
More than anything else, I believe that it is emotionally abusive to portray God as a punitive father. Fear is one of the hallmarks of abuse, and negative and forceful preaching that arouses fear in a congregation is spiritual abuse. I think it is also emotionally abusive to ridicule a
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Tags: abuse, psychological abuse
victims of emotional abuse are isolated and humiliated even in front of the children
Emotional abusers are expert in undermining partners in the presence of their children. The victim’s authority as a parent is eroded by belittling comments, and she may be blamed for problems with the children, including their behaviour, poor school performance, or even physical defects. In such cases, the children are
Posted in abuse, abusive personality, psychological/emotional abuse
Tags: abuse, abusive personality, psychological abuse
Tags: abuse, abusive personality, psychological abuse