There are many kinds of abuse and one of them is emotional abuse. What is it? Emotional abuse includes screaming, threatening, constant criticism, threatening suicide, shunning, adultery, harrassment or stalking.
If you have experienced and/or recovered from this kind of abuse, can you share from your experience? All of us need to understand what it is and it's results.
DARLENE
I HAVE never expericenced it myself
dgrimm60
Not sure I have though I have been a witness to it and it is very destructive.
Wikipedia Encyclopedia gives this information about emotional or psychological abuse:
Psychological abuse or emotional abuse is a form of abuse characterised by a person subjecting or exposing another to behaviour that is psychologically harmful.
Psychological abuse can take the form of physical intimidation, controlling through scare tactics and oppression. It is often associated with situations of power imbalance, such perhaps as the situations of abusive relationships and child abuse; however, it can also take place on larger scales, such as Group psychological abuse, racial oppression and bigotry. A more "mild" case might be that of workplace abuse. Workplace abuse is a large cause of workplace-related stress, which in turn is a strong cause of illness, both physical and mental.
When a child is emotionally abused, some may not even recognize it, and make it seem like everyday behavior. When in fact, it can have serious long term effects on the child at hand.
There need not be an agitator for psychological abuse to occur — one can undergo self-abuse, as in the case of someone who is a depressive, or self-mutilation.
Any situation in which the repeated and extreme impact of a situation affects a person's emotional and rational thinking, in such a way as to adversely impact their later lives, could be termed as psychological abuse at some level.[citation needed]
Psychotherapy and psychiatric methods can help some people overcome the negative effects of abuse, given time and a healing environment.
Yes, Psychological abuse can take the form of physical intimidation, controlling through scare tactics and oppression.
Psychological abuse often is acted-out on many levels. "I'll kill myself if ........." "I'll kill you and your family if ....." "You will be so disfigured that no one will ever be able to look at you again........" etc.
While I do not care to share the details I can say that, having lived with Emotional Abuse combined with Physical Abuse for more than 20 years I can attest to its debilitating affect on a person, mentally and physically.
Psychotherapy and psychiatric methods can help some people overcome the negative effects of abuse, given time and a healing environment.
The operative word here is "can help some" Not all recover.
I do know that if you want to leave the past behind, it can be done. The scares may never fully disappear but the wounds can heal.
God is the Great Physician.