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
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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
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
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
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Tags: abuse, abusive personality, psychological abuse
Emotional abusers can be subtle in how they control you
One of my friends, who lived in a remote area, suffered an insidious form of emotional abuse when her abuser was rarely home early, because he worked such long hours. This is a particularly effective and disempowering form of emotional abuse, if the victim is a mother without a babysitter
It is easy to gain a dependence on a bullying partner
These are samples of a wide range of abusive behaviours designed to control and disempower through emotional means. Abusers, for example, often threaten to leave the victims, and despite being in an abusive situation this threat of abandonment can fill them with fear. Linda, for example, had developed a dependence
Emotional abuse is the most common and is deadly
The 2007 report of Women’s Aid, an Irish organisation to assist abused women, shows that reports of emotional or psychological abuse were greater than any other type of abuse. The same is true for Canada and the United States. All classes, races, genders and ages are targets for emotional abuse.
The emotional controller is moody and sulky
Emotional/Psychological abuse She grew close to him And felt the warmth of his love Enveloping her in its gentle embrace. She did not feel the chill That sometime came And brushed against the edges of her soul. Looking with sightless eye, He did not see The cut inflicted on her
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being enmeshed by a parent is controlling and abusive
Foetus- like in shell unbreached The wounded child lies Alone Within the adult. Filled with pain. Confused, Not knowing why. A frozen wasteland, Where there is no warmth, Where intimacy burns the soul, And leaves the spirit Mourning the loss of love Yearning for the joy of soul- togetherness. Never.
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Tags: abuse, boundaries, domestic violence, psychological abuse, verbal abuse
Tags: abuse, boundaries, domestic violence, psychological abuse, verbal abuse
People need to know what boundaries are before they can understand abuse. This will be explored in the early section of the blog, and will enlighten parents on child formation. Parents will also learn about dysfunctional child development in the next section, which looks at the creation of the abusive